Chapter 5: Albrook and Oxyale
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	Koro woke up to a smiling woman holding a breakfast tray. "Hello,
dear! It's nice to see you awake! Have some breakfast." She set the food
down on his lap.
	He sat up. "Uh, thanks. Where am I?"
	"In the inn, dearie. Now eat it all up!" She fluffed his pillow,
still smiling.
	"Yeah, but what town?"
	"Don't you know? Why, Albrook. Where did you think you were?"
	'Albrook! What am I doing in Albrook? Wasn't I on the Nautilus with
Butz and Keyla? I must've been lost overboard!' "Ummmm... well, thanks,
lady. My name's Koro."
	Koro finished his breakfast quickly. While he got dressed, the
woman left the room. The clothes he was wearing were Albrookian, and didn't
fit. Koro walked out of the room.
	Walking along the hall, the lady approached him. She suggested
going to see the Elder. She gave him directions, and he exited the
building. He quickly found the Elder's house.
	"Hello, sir?" Slowly he walked in the door.
	An old man sat in a chair. "Hello. You are looking much better.
What is your name, son?"
	"Koro. Um,  did by chance any soldiers come in last night?"
	 The Elder thought for a moment. "No. Not that I know of.
Hmmmmmmm... wait a minute! Did you say that your name was Koro?"
	"Yes, sir."
	"Ahh, yes. A merchant has been looking for you. This merchant, he's
a wanderer. He travels between here and Tzen, selling things. He was
walking into town last night when he saw you. When you were put to bed, he
told me to send you to talk to him in the morning. You better go there. He
has a little stall set up on the corner. Come back for anything you might
need."
	"Goodbye, sir. I'll talk to him."

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	With some searching, Koro found the merchant's stall. "Um, I'm
here."
	"Good. Come back here." A man's hooded face could be seen. Going
behind the stall, the man whispered to him. "You are here! You, the son of
Doma, must retrieve the Slab! You must go into the Sea Shrine!"
	'This guy sure is a nut case!' Koro thought to himself.
	"You can be the warrior you envision yourself!"
	'Now wait a minute...' Koro listened intently as the man explained
further.