As they left the chamber of the elders, Cipher couldn't take the words of the grand elder out of his head and questions filled his head. How would he be able to find Tiara? What should he do in order to have a winning fight against the entity? And why would his cause his family to fall apart? These thoughts swirls in his mind, preventing him from sleep.
The grand elders didn't even gave him a proper explanation to how these matters would end up as they left him in pondering.
He found himself standing on the balcony in quiet contemplation while everyone else slept, pondering the uncertain path that lay ahead. In moments like these, he used to rely on smoking a cigarette to soothe his mind, a habit from his past life. Yet, he had made a commitment to himself not to succumb to that addiction once more as it became one of the reason he wasn't able to be at his full potential.
Merry Christmas Everyone and Happy Holidays!