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All eyes were instantly turned towards Ea and Allias stared at him with a saddened expression. The small elf averted his gaze, feeling embarrassed as he couldn't stand being the center of attention. Theseus was not looking at Ares anymore but Ea, dumbfounded as he had never realized that the elf felt this way. 

"Is that true?" Theseus asked him. Ea did not answer though, he didn't know what to do or what to say. He felt as if he would have failed at his job by admitting that he was tired of it, of everything. He didn't wish to leave Allias' and Theseus' side. All he wanted was to spend some time away from the brooms and the paper work. Especially the blood. He had been trained to kill, he knew how to do it perfectly and not leave a single sign, his knowledge and the skills that he acquired at troubled and dark times though did not mean he enjoyed this chaos. This feeling that death was always at their doorstep. He was scared of it, greatly so.