Joe nodded, ‘’we’re Arikarin – well, we were. Swordsmen from elsewhere in Alvenguard’’

‘’Opus?’’ Joe frowned, ‘’I thought he was just some wise old man’’ he said, allowing his corn snake to slither back into his sleeve.

Joe sighed and nodded, ‘‘yeah, but I’m afraid who we have in mind won’t be enough, this is Gahi we’re going for, after all… we’d need like… five Kathrina’s just to stand a chance, and we don’t have five of her’’

Joe and Logan snickered at one another as Tsunami’s face turned red with embarrassment, ‘‘hey!’’ he snapped, ‘‘I got more of a chance than that stuck up, rude bastard!’’