[u]The sound of heavy-set footsteps can be heard as a large man approaches from across the street, the slapping sound of leather shoes smacking along the ground moving slowly towards her. Even though the footsteps came from an un-armored source, the weight and sound of them betrayed his massive figure. As the figure grows near, a single word escapes his mouth, it's tone filled with sadness and remorse, but intertwined with what sounded to be... Rejoice?[/u] "[i]Adeline...[/i]" [u]The aged but gentle voice of the giant Balthazar fades into the night as the aged warrior's gaze falls upon the mangled corpse of his savior. A clatter can be heard as what sounds to be a bag of general commodities newly purchased fall to the ground from his hand as the elder giant questions what he sees before him, a sight so startling he cannot even comprehend whether or not the very reality he resides in has fallen into disarray.[/u] "[i]You... You should be dead. I killed you to free you from the Abyss, and you forfeited your soul to preserve my life for the coming ages. What madness has befallen me to make such a ghostly apparition appear in front of an old fool as myself?![/i]"