"When it happened, my father decided to take her to the priestesses and there we met a woman, one of the Ucrie," Elhias said, his gaze lost and his mind turned to those old memories.
"A Ucria?" she asked in surprise.
Elhias nodded. "She was, before she became a priestess herself."
"You really saw a Ucria," Taryn said in disarray.
"They're not three-headed monsters, Taryn. They are human beings like us," Elhias said with a laugh.
"Didn't you ever think it could be dangerous? Could she be a spy?"
"The Docria trusted her blindly, if the ancient priestess can trust a Ucria, I don't see why I shouldn't too," Elhias replied, shrugging his shoulders, as if it were the most normal thing in the world.
"Do you realize that you trust others too much?" said Taryn in an exasperated tone.
"What can I do, I like to see the good in people," he replied, winking.
"What did the Ucria tell you?" Taryn immediately changed the subject.
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