The Call to Justice and Honor

"My name is Kasyn, Kasyn Mauri."

"Wait... Kasyn.... Daren, isn't that the name of Taine's squad leader?"

"I heard you say Taine's name back in the orifice, how do the two of you know Taine?" asked Kasyn.

"...sigh... he was the one that brought the two of us together and created the friendship we now hold so dearly." Came the reply from Daren, "He brought us together, taught us all we know, trained us both physically and mentally, and gave us the skills, abilities, and materials to both protect and return the fight to the Drakt. He was our teacher, our friend, and was our leader all those years ago when we destroyed the first orifice at camp Smoothbark."

"He left less than a week after that, leaving us his tools to help the next people and telling us that he would keep in touch, but nothing ever came of that, we never heard from him again." Said Jaison, shaking his head at the ground.

"So you two are the ones he talked about... interesting," pondered Kasyn, looking more intently at the two, "Looks like my trip had added benefits."

"So you are Taine's squad leader! He told us he was under you... how is he? Are we going to be able to join his team and work with him?" questioned Jaison eagerly.

"Taine is....." Kasyn looked deep into the eyes of Jaison and hesitated.

"What?" asked Jaison.

"Taine retired last year, he was my best team leader, and I am looking for a good replacement for him, in fact, my entire team has left and I am looking into recruiting new squad members."

"Well, I believe you can count us in, Kasyn, he trained us well, and we already have a good deal of experience in taking down the Drakt." Daren said as he looked back down the road towards the hidden mouth of the orifice."

"Yeah, we're sorry to hear that Taine left, but we'll do our best to be even better than he was."

"You'll have to do your very best, I accept you as new members of my new squad. We must now continue back to the camp, no more talking for now, we must save all of our energy to the trek ahead, it's long."

"Yes Sir!" Came the chorused responses from the two young men standing before Kasyn.