The true gift
Althea and Abel felt in great awe before those three characters, who had actually introduced themselves as ‘the last Astrals’. Their eyes, with their cat-like pupils, made them look so ‘foreign’ — therefore, it was credible that they were not human, despite their appearance.
Their leader spoke in a bizarre way and had delegated the female to talk with the two brothers. She had introduced herself as Artemisia, while the two males were called Akarion (the one with the extravagant speech) and Grandar.
They led Althea and Abel out of Parvis’ Garden, as Artemisia had called the place where they had arrived, along the white stone path. The ‘Astral’ female explained them that also the Silver City suffered from the same dark evil pervading Esperia, even though up there it showed a
