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After getting annoyingly sidetracked by everything I had been discussing with Aquarina about our future, Ruby finally set us back on track. She interrupted our conversation at exactly the right moment, since those plans really should not have been the priority right then.
"Okay, enough chit-chat, you two!" Ruby called out, cutting through our royal daydreams with her usual energy. "I remember the girls were up there. Let's go!"
"A-Ah, right!" I nodded quickly. "Let's move."
We hurried through the streets of the rebuilding city. All around us, people worked hard to restore what had been damaged. Aquarina walked close beside me and spoke while admiring the reconstruction efforts unfolding on every side.
"Weren't we going to make something like an orphanage?" she asked, a faint sadness coloring her voice. "Did you forget about that?"
