Zane's hood was way up. It covered half his eyes by now. He rarely wore his hood, usually only when it was rainy or the light was getting in his eyes. There was no rain, nor was there sun. It was a clear night sky. The moon wasn't shining much either. So why? Why did Zane care so much about having his hood up?
On his first night in Myras, Zane spotted an elf woman that looked much like his mother. There was no other reason to think it was her besides her appearance. His mom was never a traveler, and she certainly did not like being so high up in the mountains. But Zane knew that she looked like his mom. Or did she? Zane had a mental image of the woman's face in his head, yet it was blurred. He'd thought so much about if it was his mother's face or not that he had forgotten what the woman even looked like. And even if it was his mother, why was he so afraid?
Zane sat in a park bench, sighing to himself. "I can't believe I'm so hung up about this. Not to mention that I'm talking to myself again..." Leaning back into the bench, Zane put his hands in his pants pocket, continuing on with his self-analysis. "Am I scared of seeing her? Of letting her know? I cannot help but wonder if she thinks of me as dead..." Zane realized he had spent so much time goofing off and wandering aimlessly around Fiore that he had not even searched for the source of whatever made him human. It was previously something that drove him to go forward, now it was simply an afterthought.
Feeling through his pocket, Zane's hand came to a card. It was the card Kaiser gave him in Magnolia, the one that would allow him to find her. It was the thought of this card, the thought of Kaiser that made Zane realize something even more. "I really have been wasting my time... if my mom was here, she'd probably scold me for letting everyone else run way past me. Well, I suppose I can't let that happen, can I? And the first ste-" Zane paused as he turned to his left to see a group of kids staring at him, the weird man on the bench talking to himself. Zane stared back at the kids. The kids stared back at him. Nobody said anything. This went on for 30 seconds.
A few minutes after the awkward encounter, Zane had made it to the address on the card. A casino. It had been a while since he had gone here. Still somewhat paranoid even after all the thoughts he had on the matter, Zane made sure to pull his hood down slightly further, just in case. His insecurities were clearly getting to him.
Speaking of feeling insecure, the interior of the casino made him feel the same. Not just about his wallet, but also in comparison to the woman that led him here, Kaiser. If his guess about the card was correct, she ran or owned this place, right? Or something like that? A bit in awe, Zane's face turned to a frown. She was once a girl from a foreign land he helped show around, and now she was, well.... all of this. How did she come so far in such a short time while he did nothing but stay the same? Was he really the same?
The thoughts hurt, at least when combined with the idle noises of gambling in the back. Zane just wanted to do what he needed to do. Approaching a woman at the front counter, Zane spoke clearly, still under his hood. "I'm here to see Kaiser Bo. Is she around?"