"I'll inform everyone the speech and evacuation is delayed, get rest and don't be too stressed" arm patted Saviour's back and left the room shouting for someone else.
Saviour felt something was wrong and layed down staring at the ceiling for an hour or so. After an hour he got bored and jumped back up.
'I don't know, something feels wrong but I don't know what, I'll just forget it and go see Runna'
Saviour stuck out his hand and channeled sunlight into his ability, sure enough space started to distort. In a split second it seemed like a back alley was in his closed room, the spaces connected together seamlessly.
He felt the drain and took a step forward through the space. His room disappeared and he was outside, he closed the gate and went to a backdoor entrance of the alley he was in.
This was his childhood friend Runna, she was the first person of his age he met and they quickly hit it off. Even though he was now a leader of the community, he still wanted to visit his best friend at her father's smithy.
Saviour put his hands on the door handle and sneakily opened it, but the door still creaked.
"Who is it?! What you doing sneaking in, I'm no old man yet!" A burley middle aged man shouted from a nearby room.
A hammering sound could be heard, while small sparks and embers floated in the air.
"It's me Mr Hammer, is Runna here?" Saviour peeked around the corner and showed his face to the man working on the forge.
"Oh it's you, come here boy, no need to sneak in yer' family"
As Saviour walked over, Hammer grabbed in a big hug and ruffled his hair,
"Runna is up at that tree house you guys built, go get her kid. Bring her home by sunset though haha" Hammer pushed Saviour back and waved him goodbye.
Following the momentum, Saviour opened a gateway behind him to the treehouse and waved goodbye to Hammer,
"Thank you sir, and me and Runna aren't like that... Yet" Saviour blushed as he mumbled that last word and he fell back into the gateway.
He fell back and hit his head on the wood floor boards
"Oww" He held his head while whimpering.
"Oh you, come here I'll check it" a young girl with red hair gestured for him to come to.
Saviour crawled to Runna and sat cross legged,
"Is it bleeding, it feels like it.."
"No it's not you're just a wuss, come on get up"
Runna stood up and reached her hand out for Saviour to grab. He however didn't take it and instead got up himself and took her outstretched hand and kissed it.
His cheeks almost became as red as Runna's hair as he lifted his face to say her reaction.
Runna was also red while chuckling, and she responded in kind doing a bow.
"So why's the evacuation delayed? I thought we were gonna move now... Even though I wished we didn't need to lose all our progress"
"Can't say, it's C O N F I D E N T I A L" Saviour responded with a smirk but then continued,
"I also don't want to leave we've created this whole place and all these buildings but we already have to run away. If only we could fight against the monsters... But what can I do but run"
"HEY! Running isn't cowardly, sometimes a step back can let you see the full picture and fix the mistakes. I'm blessed just like you but all I can do is run fast, don't make it seem like it's useless" she punched Saviour on his arm then looked outside.
Because of Saviour they was a gateway above the sanctuary that let in sunlight, getting rid of the miasma.
"Don't you ever get tired of maintaining that gateway, I can barely run long before I get tired"
"Maybe I'm just stronger, but it doesn't matter if I get tired, if rather be tired than us live in the miasma..."
Up until sunset the two talked while looking down at the town from the tree on a hill they were in. Saviour brought Runna back and said goodnight.
"Sigh tomorrow so if this will be gone, we'll have to leave and the monsters will destroy everything"
Saviour lamented and the destruction but ultimately he knew this was for the best, if he didn't, then they would die defending.
Saviour opened up a gateway and went back home. He saw Arm sitting there almost asleep. He tried to sneak past to not wake him up but Arm wasn't so unperceptive. He jolted away and greeted Saviour.
"Welcome home Saviour come sit down. It's a bit late but you need to have something to eat, you're a growing boy." Arm sat up and gave up his seat for Saviour.
Saviour shook his head and wanted to reject but he knew Arm wouldn't let him, so he took his offer and plopped himself down at Arm's chair.
Hou watched as the last visages of sunlight slowly moved across the room. Arm was stood near a hearth and was cooking a stew. Occasionally giving Saviour some vegetables to cut.
As the sunlight was almost gone Arm got some splints of wood and lit some candles. Then after the stew was done he portioned it up for Saviour and let him eat.
'for some reason this feels nostalgic, I don't know... It shouldn't be'
Saviour took his time eating while Arm said to him,
"I know you're sad about leaving this place but it's the best option we have, make sure to have a good night's rest once you're done eating. I'll be in my study preparing for tomorrow, if you want you can sleep their tonight"
Saviour nodded, his white-silver hair flipping in from of him covering his eyes, tearing up.
The sun set fully and the night begun, Saviour sitting up with Arm as he shuffled maps and slowly he closed his eyes and fell asleep...