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"Please don't leave me." Aegea whispered tearfully as she and Rubeus hugged. He released her and gazed into her eyes. "I have to." Were his only words. He gave her a light kiss, then hugged and kissed his two year-old son. Aegea handed Jacinth to Rubeus and removed a necklace from about her neck. She put it around Rubeus's neck and kissed him. "Come back to me, my love." She said, taking their son back into her arms. With that final kiss, and a sorrowful look at his wife and son, Rubeus began to disappear.
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"Prince Diamond, please. It has been four months. Can't I at least SEE my husband? If only for a moment?" Aegea begged the prince. He looked into her eyes. Over the past three years, the unexpected had happened; the "gift" had fallen in love with its "owner". Her pleading eyes touched even his hard, cold heart. "I...." He hesitated. "Alright. You, your brother, and your son may go back in time and see Rubeus. But when there's trouble, you must come back. Do you understand?" "Yes!" She exclaimed. "Thank you, Your Highness!" Aegea, unable to contain herself, hugged Prince Diamond and gave him a kiss on the cheek. Then she ran off in search of Jacinth and Lord Ashka.
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"That is the absolute LAST time I let you navigate!" Aegea yelled at her brother. He winced. "Aren't we close?" Ashka asked, although he knew the answer. "Close? If you call across a large ocean CLOSE, then yes. We are quite close!" His younger sister shouted even louder. Ashka tried to quiet her down. The yelling was drawing a crowd and upsetting Jacinth. "No, I will NOT be quiet! Now come on. We must get to Tokyo!"
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"Prince Diamond, we've lost track of them." Sapphire informed his older brother. "What a shame." Emerald muttered. "Wise Man." The prince called. "What should be do?" The robed figure appeared, gazing into the crystal ball floating before it. "Claim them as dead. Maybe THEN Rubeus will get some work done." Wise Man replied, disappearing. "It will be done." Prince Diamond replied, motioning for Sapphire to deliver the message.
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