Cecil stood at the door, hand on the hilt of his sword. Tucker had told him to sleep, but how could he? There was something about Setzer's immediate acceptance of their story that unnerved him. True, they spoke truth, but Setzer remembered vividly some twisted story of them attacking him. Cecil knew that what one holds as belief is not so easily shattered... "But my Liege, King of Baron, why must we attack the Mysidians?" "Cecil, they are a threat. The crystal should not be in their hands." He had accepted this feeble argument on his beliefs that the King WAS just, only to be proven wrong. He had an idea of what was going through Setzer's mind. Oddly, though, he also KNEW that there was something truly evil approaching. He broke from his memories. He had felt it before, right before Setzer bolted, but had shrugged it off then. Was it that beast... or... "Tucker! Watch Setzer, make sure he remains safe. I know where it's coming from!" Cecil bolted from the door, dashing through the nighttime onlookers in the city. He WAS out of shape, but he pushed through the lactic-acid-induced pain. He knew that if he didn't reach the outskirts of the city before IT did, lactic acid wouldn't be the only pain he and his friends would feel. There it was... Cecil yelled with rage as he came upon the creature... it had a different form, but... THE ESSENCE was the same.