Chapter 1: The Future for the Past
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	Hard rain poured down inside the city of Zozo.  Qure stood in the
doorway of the cafe looking at the sky.  His studded leather, just out of
reach from the hard tear-like drops from above, remained dry as he thought.
He thought of the quest he was about to embark on.
	He had been born in Zozo, and had grown up in the mountains around
the city.  He wondered what his parents had been like.  He had never met
them personally but felt he knew them for he had heard many legends about
them.  He reflected on the past before he stepped into the future.  For his
future was to find the past.  He wanted to find his lost parents, and learn
of his ancestry.
	"First thing's first..." he muttered, glancing about, looking for
his chocobo.  With a whistle his chocobo appeared, and with a jump they
were in the constaint downpour of Zozo.  With a gentle nudge, Qure's quest
began.
	Taking the quick and easy path they were out of Zozo in minutes.
Rocks for as far as Qure could see were all around him.  Sprouts of grass
grew the best they could in between the cracks.  Qure's sword gently swung
back and forth against his back in the breeze.

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	Seeing movement not too far ahead, Qure stopped and removed his
crossbow.  His chocobo silently moved closer to the movement.  A squat
creature browsed leaves fallen from a group of trees not far from where
Qure was.  Qure reholstered the crossbow and got off of his chocobo.
	Slowly crawling towards the creature, Qure noticed it was a ugly
little Pug.  He quickly darted toward the Pug, and before it could react,
it lost the upper portion of its body.
	Qure's stomach growled, but after looking at the Pug's remains, it
promptly stopped growling.  The chocobo, sensing the danger was over,
walked to its master.
	Qure gently ran his fingers through the feathers on the chocobo's
head.  The chocobo gently turned and rubbed its head under Qure's chin.
After a moment, Qure sat down and the Chocobo drank from the brook.
"Moments from Jidoor Secret.  We'll get there within the hour," he said to
the chocobo, beak submerged in water.  The soft animal chirped in response.
	Less then a half hour later, Qure rode into the town of Jidoor.