Zein barely left the end-zone for the first twenty-seven of his life, but he had visited two foreign countries in this past year.
What an abrupt development; just like everything else in his life.
From having a boyfriend to having a family; from being penniless to getting headaches from processing taxes and making a will; from not knowing who his parents were to burry them in the same urn...
Zein unconsciously smiled as he reminisced about the things that had happened in the past year. At around this time last year...ah, yes--he was preparing to leave the borderland unit; to go to Althrea at the end of the month. Yath was sulking, and the other guides were groaning because they wouldn't have someone to cover for their outpost shift anymore. Ron was giving him a long instruction about how he could reach Althrea and what he must do and remember so he wouldn't attract too much attention. Agni...well, the Captain was just enjoying the chaos as usual.
