Askos has started working on magic again. He isn’t doing nearly as well as Junior, but that is to be expected. He is making good progress though, the extra mana at his disposal works with his style of healing really well, more than enough to make up for the issues with concentration. Of course, it is also very wasteful, which is an issue I am going to have to address. I’ll probably have him do an exercise where he is restricted to only a certain amount of mana, probably using a gemstone to simulate the restricted mana pool. I might do the same for Junior, though she wouldn’t benefit from it quite as much as her brother.

Speaking of Junior, she is as good as she was before in terms of pure skill. Which means she is doing much better. With her main limiting factor more or less gone she is improving a bit faster than she was before. As always I am there to guide her thoughts in the right direction, similar to how Fate often guides my own thoughts.

If I really wanted to I could implement the large scale teleporter right now, but I want to improve it a bit more first. I should get to the point that I am satisfied tomorrow. After that I can start trying to unlock the mysteries of the ocean, I’m looking forward to the challenge.

We received reports today that one of the cities on our border is under siege, and has been for several days now. With their teleporters turned off they didn’t really have an easy way to communicate with us resulting in the delay. We have some soldiers in the area that came to their aid, but the bulk of our army was here, enjoying a small vacation. Par didn’t leave with the soldiers, he promised his kids he will be here until their birthday after all, but his generals did take the soldiers to support the besieged city.

Hopefully, nothing bad happens before the soldiers can get there. Unfortunately, it's still a bit beyond my ability to help. I am getting closer to our border every day, but it is still a ways out. I think I’ll reach the border shortly after new years.

Other than that I spent my downtime going on a date with Azrezel. We went to a restaurant in a city that I had recently brought into my forest, the food was good, the company was better.

I saw Talus there. I didn’t talk to her or even approach her, but I did see her. And I couldn’t help but stare a little. She’s a diver now, or at least she’s was wearing armor that I only see on divers. She seems happy.

The fact that I still find her to be very pretty scares me a little.

It was awkward, seeing my ex while on a date with my boyfriend. We quickly paid for our food and left, Azrezel understood though I could tell that he was disappointed that he wasn’t able to finish the meal. I didn’t want to risk Talus seeing me, I don’t think I’m ready for that confrontation.

After that, we made the most of the evening by cuddling for a while. That is always nice.

Anyway, Good Night Diary.