You trudge through the wakku created path though the black water toward Maeka, the vines leaving you alone, the wakku now hiding in dense underbrush. Something tells you this was a test. That the tree was judging if you were worthy.
Maeka sits slumped by the tree, turning the memory shard from its branches over in her hands. "I don't know how I did that. I've never been able to manipulate water before. No one has been able to control multiple elements, except for …"
Her voice trails off, but you understand. Except for Ky.
"You said you felt different," you say. "After we found Ky's room in the academy, after seeing the crystal in the thief's hands and reading about Ky's hut in the Tome of Knowledge" You're not sure what you're thinking is possible. Could Maeka have inherited some of Ky's powers when she touched the pedestal there?
Maeka concentrates on the shard. It hums, and your vision fades white again.
Ky stands near a riverbank, a town up ahead. Two mountains loom in the distance. Then the vision breaks and Ky is standing at the coast at a round temple built on the cliffs' edge, large menhirs hang elevated above its roof contrary to gravity. Ky is approaching the holy place.
You blink, your sight returning to normal. The memory was so real, you could almost smell the river.
"I know that place," Maeka says. "That's Zouken Monastery, in the west. But why would —"
She hisses, bringing her hand to her mouth in pain. Lava seeps from the soil, singeing the roots.
Drue helps her up. "Something's wrong with this island. And I think Ky knew it could happen. If we want answers, we must follow in her path."
West. Toward the mountains — the ones by the tower. The volcano. What was Ky doing sending you so far from the city?
In the vision of the path forward Maeka saw Bymotha and then the Zouken Monastery. What is the name of the Volcano in the next valley? Name it in Thy Quests below to move forward.
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