"hmmm? What is this place?", Gen woke up startled, he had just slept in the wagon of the merchants he had found, and now he didn't know where he was. The place seemed to be a medium sized room, looking around Gen realized that he couldn't see any kind of door or window, the room was actually quite empty, the only thing he could see in it was a table in the center of it with two chairs, on one of them someone seemed to be sitting and the other one was empty.

Gen then thought, 'Have they kidnapped me? They don't seem like the kind of people who would do that, and even if they were, how come I didn't wake up when they carried me here?' Suddenly Gen heard a voice from the center of the room, 'Ah, you've finally arrived, come, your place is reserved.

Gen then looked toward the table and asked, "Where am I? Why did you bring me here?", on hearing this the person sitting on the chair said, "sit down first, we don't have much time", on hearing this Gen asked, "what do you mean?", but the person just made a sign for him to sit down, Gen thought a little and decided to sit down thinking that if he took him there he could have already killed him, so it probably wouldn't hurt to do what he was asking.

Gen approached the table and as he got closer he began to get a better look at what it looked like. The person sitting in the chair was a man, he had long black hair that went down to his waist, he was wearing simple white clothing, and his skin tone was light, as Gen got closer he realized that the man was bound to the chair by his wrists and ankles.

Gen then reached over to the table and pulled the chair to sit down, but then he noticed that on top of the table there was an object, when he looked closely, he saw that the object was a rusty scale, it was a scale with two platforms hanging by chains, Gen was annoyed just thinking about the noise it would make when moving. Gen was in a trance as he looked at the scale, but was soon awakened by the voice of the man in front of him, "Gen, can you stop looking at the scale and help me out here?

Gen was surprised and asked, "How do you know my name?", the man then replied, "Well, I've known you for a while, it would be hard for me not to know your name", "You know me? What do you mean, I don't remember anyone like you", "Gen, we don't have much time to talk, help me here quickly then you can continue with your questions", "Help you with what, do you want me to let you go? I don't have a key or anything that can help you get free, the only thing I have on me is my clothes", "I don't want you to set me free, I just want you to get my hair out of my face. Oh, and to be clear, you don't need a key to set me free, but that's for another time.", "How so-", "My hair first Gen, then you ask whatever you want."

Gen then approached him cautiously and stretched his hand towards the hair that was covering his face, but as he touched the hair the man moved in a way as if he was trying to advance towards Gen, making the chair shake, when Gen saw this he quickly stepped back and asked him a little scared, "What was that?!", "Hahahaha, relax Gen. I just wanted to tease you because you were very tense, I'll stay still this time, you can come without fear because I won't bite, hahaha."

Gen looked at him a bit apprehensively, but decided to try again. He reached out and brushed the hair out of the front of his face. As he took the hair out he looked at the man's face and saw that he had a normal appearance, he had his eyes closed for some reason, but before Gen could ask him the man started talking, "Thanks Gen, sit down quick, let's not waste a second.", "Ok.", Gen said and sat down, knowing he wouldn't get any answers if he didn't.

As he sat down in the chair something strange happened, the surrounding room disappeared, and all that was left was the table, the scale, and the chairs they were sitting in. Seeing this happen, the man said, "Whew, finally we are alone," Gen then looked at him and realized that he was no longer tied to the chair, and then asked, "Weren't we alone in the other room? And what is this place? Who are you? Oh, and my stuff? What have you done with it?", "Easy Gen, one question at a time. Let's do this, we each ask one question at a time until we are satisfied with the answers, okay?", "okay"

"Well, you can call me Eli for the moment. Well, I'll start with the questions. How is your quest to get your essence back going?", "How do you know that? Andre and Darren told you, right? They're probably with you, so it makes sense that you know that.", "Gen, the first question is mine. We're not going to move forward if you answer my question with another one. about your question, I don't know how it's going, all I have are rumors, no one knows anything that can help me, it's hard enough to meet someone who has lost his essence, imagine finding someone who knows how to get it back.

"Hmmm, that makes sense. What rumors do you have then?", "It's my turn to ask.", "Oops, it's true. Well, you can ask.", "Well, what do you want from me, why did you bring me here?", "Well, I just brought you here to talk, and try to help you.", "Help me? What do you mean?", "Oops, my turn. Tell me about the rumors you heard", "Well, I heard about this strange desert ruin. It appears in several places, and is extremely difficult to find. I am heading towards it because I have heard that there is a possibility that it is an ordeal."

"Hmmm, okay. Ask your question.", "You said you brought me here to help me. What did you mean by that?", "Well, I'm your friend, why wouldn't I want to help you, besides, the faster you get your essence back, the faster you can .... do something else important for you.", "What? What do you mean something else important?", "Geez Gen, you don't learn, it's my turn to ask now. Do you want to know if this ruin can help you recover your essence?", "Of course I want to, but how would I confirm that?", "It's easy, we just need to use it." said Eli pointing to the scale.

Gen then looked towards it and noticed something, he then said, "What happened to the scale? It was all rusty.", the scale Gen had seen before, now looked brand new, "Gen ... never mind, I'll accumulate my questions then. About the scale, it has a connection to me, so when I got free it went back to normal. Now my questions, do you have anything of value on you, like money for example?", "Money? No, I told you, I just have the clothes on my body", " I' m sorry, let me rephrase my question, did you have anything of value on your body before you came here?", "Well, yes, I had several supplies that I was going to use in the ruin, and about ten silver coins, but what does it matter?"

"Hmmm, ten silver coins, how long did it take you to collect them?", "It's my turn to ask", "I'm taking an interest for you asking twice in a row last time, now answer me, we have little time", "Well, it took me about four months to collect them, why?", "hmm, four months should be enough. Well about your question, I need to have this information to know if the scale will work. Now let's find out if it's worth you wasting your time in these ruins."

"Gen, put your closed hand on the left platform of the scale, and no questions, we've already wasted too much time.", Gen looked at Eli, and for some reason felt he should trust him, and then stretched his left hand on the platform, "Good. "Eli then stretched out his closed hand and placed it on the other platform, and then said, "Does the Ruin of Sands have anything that can help Gen recover his essence?", he then opened his hand, and from his hand a piece of paper with the text he had just spoken fell onto the right platform of the scale.

As he leaned against the platform, the paper that seemed extremely light caused it to lower quickly. Eli then said, "Gen, now you repeat what I did, but instead of saying what I said, say how many coins you have, and how long it took you to get them afterwards.", "Okay, let's go then. Ten silver coins earned in four months," Gen said and then opened his hand.

The same scene repeated itself, and a piece of paper fell from Gen's hand with what he had just said. As it fell onto the other platform, Gen's paper began to make its way down, until it reached the point where the scales were balanced. Eli upon seeing this said, "Whew, that was enough. Now let's see the answer.", Gen was about to ask what he was talking about, but before he could, something happened on the scales.

The two papers that were on it came together, and on the new paper was written, 'Yes'. Gen upon seeing this was confused, but right away Eli said, " Yes, that's great, it looks like the rumor is true.", "Are you sure?", "Yes, don't worry, this technique never fails", "That's great- argh!!!", Gen stopped in the middle of his speech and brought his hands to his head, it was hurting so much, and he couldn't stand the pain.

Seeing this Eli said, "Looks like our time is up, they found us.", Gen had his head on the table and was in too much pain to answer him, so Eli continued, "Let's go back.", the room around them came back, Eli then adjusted himself in the chair and secured his ankles and wrists to the chair again, and then said to Gen, "Gen, it's time for you to leave. If you stay here any longer the consequences will be great. Well, it was good to see you again buddy."

Gen was not understanding what Eli was talking about, but suddenly something happened, as he looked at Eli's face in front of him, something clicked in his brain and he said, "E-Eli!!!", Eli seeing this opened a smile and spoke laughing, "Hahaha, you are back my friend, but unfortunately we won't be able to talk, you have to leave."

Right after Eli finished speaking everything around Gen started to blur, and slowly fade away, including Eli. Seeing this Gen quickly said looking at Eli, "Eli! I'll get you out of here one day, no matter how long it takes!", upon hearing this Eli smiled and moved his lips as he finished disappearing, causing Gen to hear a half-low and distant voice say, "Thank you Gen."

Everything then faded away and Gen began to listen, "Gen ...", "... up Gen", Gen was confused trying to understand what he was hearing when suddenly the voice came extremely loud, "Wake up Gen! We've arrived!"