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there
anything that you might need to help you with your quest?’ she
asked.
    Cezar could think of nothing he
wanted more than to be on his way to saving his beloved
Ocracidia.
‘You are most gracious, Queen Elena’ he replied bowing. ‘All I want
is to continue on my journey, if you please.’
    ‘ In that
case,’ Queen Elena replied. ‘May I give you something in
remembrance of Talori?’
    ‘ Anything
would be appreciated,’ he replied.
    ‘ Very well;
kneel before Talori and her people and stretch out your hands
towards me.’
    Cezar did as the queen
requested.
    The Queen placed her staff on
his palm for a brief second. Cezar felt a tingling feeling in both
his palms. When the queen lifted her staff; there, imprinted on the
back of each of his palms was a golden blue tattoo of a fish with a
crown on its head.
    The queen smiled at him ‘that’s
the emblem of our great city Talori,’ she said. ‘You have been
knighted with one of our highest honours. Whenever you find
yourself in dire need or danger; the spirit of Talori will come to
your aid.'
    ‘ Thank you,
Queen Elena;’ Cezar replied.
    ‘ Arise now,
young warrior and May the spirit of Talori always be with
you.’
    Cezar stood to his feet amongst
cheering and clapping from the people of the city. 
    His eyes looked for Sereta and
within moments, she was by his side. 
    ‘ I will show
you the way out of the city,’ she said; ‘and through the sea of
Valour.’
    ‘ Not the sea
of Valour.’ Cezar exclaimed.
    ‘ Yes the sea
of Valour.’ Sereta laughed. ‘No one survives the sea without first
receiving Valour. Now you have the Talori seal of honour, the Sea
will always be your friend. It will assist you when you need it, it
will fight your enemies when they try to overcome you, and it will
always be right there in you. Don't you ever forget
that.’
    Cezar laughed heartily. ‘I
won’t forget, Promise;’ he replied.
    A whistle left her lips and two
light blue beautiful and gentle looking horses appeared.
    ‘ Come along,’
she shouted out to Cezar, ‘we haven’t got all day.’
    Cezar eagerly jumped on one of
the horses but was immediately thrown off.
    ‘What's going on?’ he asked
Sereta.
    ‘Don't think she likes you,’
she replied laughing
He tried again. This time the horse allowed Cezar to mount him but
refused to move. 
    Sereta whistled and the horse
kicked off suddenly, almost throwing Cezar off
    Both rode to the edge of the
city.
    ‘ Close your
eyes,’ Sereta said.
    Cezar obeyed.
    ‘ Now open
your eyes,’ she said.
    When Cezar opened his eyes, he
found himself deep within the sea with Sereta beside him.
    ‘Breathe,’ she said to him
smiling.
    Cezar took a deep breath and
the water passed through his nostrils and exited behind his both
his ears. He opened his mouth and felt the water rushing in and out
through his gills. Cezar blew bubbles through the water excitedly
like a child and wished that Nosa was here with him.
    It was many moments before
Sereta asked if he was ready to continue because he was having such
fun with the bubbles she did not want to stop him.
    Regretfully Cezar nodded. His
quest to save Ocracidia and the destroy Diagus’ evil spell was
waiting and he had to go.
    Out of nowhere, two dolphins
settled beside them. The dolphins moved closer. They swung both
Sereta and Cezar unto their backs, and began to swim up towards the
surface of the water.
    Cezar almost lost his balance
but he held on giggling to himself and loving the experience he was
having.
    ‘ Lima and
Lina,’ Sereta told him.
    Cezar held on as tight as he
could. The last thing he wanted was to fall back deep into the sea
even though he could now breathe through water.
    Within minutes, they were both
pulled to the surface of the sea by the dolphins and Cezar was once
again breathing air. The dolphins somersaulted high into the air
and then dived deep into the sea with both Cezar and Sereta on
their backs. When they surfaced the Dolphins slowly edged