Walking down the street towards the shield maiden, the Bronze Man approached her and the fairy. "Just a moment of your time, child. That is all that I ask. How are you faring in Asylum so far, hmm?"

Again the parrot squawked, "DISTURBER OF THE PEACE! ARCK! A DISTURBER OF THE PEACE SHE IS!"

"I'm doing just fine, sir," Serna replied honestly, "You have a very nice town here."

The Bronze Man held up his hand and the parrot went quiet, "You seem sad as though you miss companions that once traveled with you and your friends. Two of them were close to you and now you wonder where they might be?"

The fairy flew up and around the Bronze Man and Serna excitedly and settled back down on the shield maiden's shoulder again.

"I do miss my sisters, Kana and Lysana," Serna admitted without hesitation, "And I do wonder where they are. But what does that have to do with anything?

Lazheros walked over to a barrel near the parrot on the railing. He sat down so that he was eye to eye with Serna. "Everything, child. The way you act out with sarcasm and defiance. Alyson only wished to know you better and you became defensive and adamant about what you felt was right."

"I did that because I believed what Lady Alyson was doing to Willow was wrong," Serna confessed, "She hurt Willow! She stuck a fork in his heart and twisted it around until it made him sad. I was hurt by what she did to him. If you love someone, truly love someone, you should not treat them like they are rubbish in the street."

Serna started to get hopeful, "I mean, unless you know where they are. Or where you could find them?"

The Bronze Man closed his eyes and concentrated letting his mind reach out into the ether to find no trace of the wolfen sisters. "I am sorry, child. They are beyond my sight. However, I can tell you that they are still in the Realm. Where I do not know."

A wave of disappointment swept over Serna as she realized that she would not be reunited with her sisters anytime soon.

Right on Que the parrot squawked, "DISTURBER OF--!!"

The Bronze Man turned suddenly, eyes flashed open with a glare so fierce, the parrot soiled itself. "ACKK!"

"No! Don't hurt it!" Serna ran between The Bronze Man and the parrot in an attempt to protect the poor bird, "It's only repeating what it has heard. It's just a parrot. Don't hurt it for being what it is."

The Bronze Man relaxed his gaze and now focused on the shield maiden, "Hurt it? No, child. It is simply doing its duty," Seeing the bird side step further away from him on the railing, "but it needs to work on its timing."

"It's not perfect," Serna protested, "Just leave it be."

The fairy giggled, "Silly parrot. Please don't upset the Bronze Man....ooooooooooooo!"

The parrot bobbed its head in protest to the fairy's mockery. "ARCKK!"

"Before you met your friends, did you have any of your own age to mingle with? You seem like you'd rather grow up, find someone to love, and settle down when your adventuring days are over." The Bronze Man had observed the reaction between the ranger and the girl. He viewed her as a friend only, she viewed him as something much more.

"Not many," Serna admitted reluctantly, "I used to play jacks with a few of the other servant girls when I had the time in between my duties. But we were just playmates. They were not my sisters or anything like that."

The Shield Maiden smiled, "Yes! There is someone that I would like to settle down with. It's Willow! He's strong, handsome, brave, honest, true, kind and noble. He's everything that I could ever want in a mate. Once I reach my eighteenth winter, I shall claim him if he will have me."