Astra Despairs

The Never Ending Quest - Episode 15794

Releasing the girl from her grasp, Astra threw herself to the floor of the ruined hall, and began pounding it with her fists, crying: "Why? Why? Why?" None of the others dared intervene, but after a minute or so she regained a measure of self-control and climbed to her feet. Her naked body was streaked with mud and soot from the floor, and her face was stained with tears, as she said in a shaking voice: "First I lost my freedom and my clothes, to the dragon. Then you rescued me, and I thought that my luck might have changed. But now I have lost my city and my family. I have lost everything."

"That defeatist talk does not sound like an Aqualarian princess," Exotica said, hoping to rouse Astra from her despair. "You have your life and your freedom. And besides, it is quite likely that your family yet live." "There must be some reason for what the Elementals did here," Fred mused. "I wonder if it means that Kharven has succeeded in getting his hands on the Stone of Destiny." "Then why did the Elementals not attack him rather than my beautiful city?" Astra asked, in a voice that still shook.

  1. "I don't know, but I think that we should head for the temple where the Stone was kept," Fred said.
  2. Astra grabbed the girl and started shaking her again, as she asked her: "Where did everyone go? Are my family still alive? Where are they?"
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