“Separating truth from lie, a requirement too common to the everyday world,” Geburah stated offering Taya a smile. His teeth shone a brilliant white in contrast to his dark skin. “I'm here now, and where better to be imprisoned than a place I know as home?” Geburah and Yuri exchanged a brief, yet heavy look. “Kitaia, you can leave whenever you choose. You are not bound to this land as we are. We are not like the temple, your movement here is your own. You are free to come and go as you please,” Yuri stated, thinking to take her hand but deciding against it. “Then I could leave now, and you would have no objections?” “Yes, only, please don't. Won't you stay until the next full moon? I have barely seen you since your return. Stay, see if you can learn the truth for yourself. Is that alon

