If only we had known sooner

I hung onto Gallant while he ran back to the scene of the crime, and as we got closer i could see Arthom's gleam pod was destroyed. There was a large lizard standing in what looked like molten lava and i instantly recognised that it was Arthom in his new lizard form. He was being attacked by a Leishu in leather armor holding a large sword, who i concluded was from the Yakuza gang. I also spotted Syrus in the sky not too far from where Arthom was.
 
Once Gallant and i were in range i aimed my bow at the leather clad Leishu and shot an arrow into their shoulder. Gallant luckily skidded to a halt just before the ring of lava so we did not get burned. I shot another arrow at the leather clad Leishu but they managed to deflect it with their sword. Lucid then turned up with Zyanya and Zeno. My first thought was to question Zyanya about the abandonded Yakuza warehouse that she had told us about, but then concluded now was not the time.
 
The Leishu then swung their sword and immedialty after there was a flash of bright, piercing light. It was so bright that for a few minutes i could not see anything and it felt like i was blinded. I could hear screams next to me and also smelt burning flesh. Suddenley there was a strong gust of wind which knocked me back and based on the yelps i heard i assumed Gallant was also. I picked myself up off the ground and to my relief could sense my vision was returning. The last thing i expected to see next was Ko Rava standing in front of me.
 
I was stunned, after weeks of searching for her without any solid leads she had just appeared out of nowhere. She then demanded to know why we had killed her sister. I spotted a smouldering corpse on the ground next to Arthom and realised with horror, this was all that was left of Ko Rava's sister. I saw immense grief in Ko Rava's eyes and felt horrible that we had unknowlingly killed her sister. By this stage Syrus had joined us and Arthom had shifted out of his lizard form. I started to tell Ko Rava about our search for her but then she told me to shut the fuck up. Thoughts of my near death experience with the Victri and the chance that i risked alienating my family further by leaving again raced through my mind. I let my emotions get the better of me and screamed back at her saying that we had come to Zyniii to look for her cause we thought she was in trouble, and that i had nearly died at a Victri party looking for her. To my amazement Arthom then told her to not get mad at me cause i had gone out of my way trying to find her. I was touched that he had looked out for me in that moment.
 
In hindsight i should not have screamed at Ko Rava considering that at the time she had just discovered her sister was dead, and the last thing on her mind was what had happeneed to us these last few days. She yelled back that she was fine this whole time and that we never should have looked for her. Just then i heard a loud booming voice cry out to stop and was astonised to find Gurval standing on a nearby rooftop holding two Leishu. He then cast misty step and teleported to us from the roof. I realised one of the Leishu he was holding was the small Leishu with streaks of orange in their fur. Ko Rava snapped at Gurval to let her brother go and then once Gurval released them Ko Rava grabbed both their hands and started to walk away. She looked at us with such hate in her eyes as she walked past us and told us to not seek her out again.
 
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We stood in silence for a few minutes still in shock, then Syrus stated that he could not deal with what just happened and flew away. I then asked Gurval if this Mister Opah had given any useful information when he sent the message to Gurval about Ko Rava. All Gurval could recall was that Mister Opah had only said Ko Rava was in trouble and nothing else. It frustrated me that this Mister Opah had not had given any useful information in the first place. Not knowing what else to do i then suggested to Arthom that we go to a tavern to drown our sorrows in booze. He agreed and mentioned that we first needed to drop off the crystals strapped on Gallant to the Gleam boys gang, who had the crystal pods.
 
Later i sat with Arthom at the tavern reflecting on what had happened and on our search for Ko Rava. All our efforts to find her had ended up being in vain. I still could not believe that our actions caused the death of her sister and then my thoughts drifted to my sister Elu , and i could not bear the thought of anything bad happening to her. The last thing i wanted was to cause my friend pain, which is exactly what had happened. Somehow I would earn Ko Rava's forgiveness, and I did not plan to go back home until I had at least repaired the now fractured friendship we had.