Nishjin's Aura had regained enough to infuse his nunchucks once again.
'What WAS that, bud?'
What he wasn't expecting, however, was for them to respond aloud.
They said, "Her wave of shadow has awakened me, Nishjin."
Nishjin just sat there, dumbfounded. After a period of silence, he said, "Does that mean that the prophecy has come true? I'm the one who will wield your true power?"
"Yes."
Nishjin was silent for a while more. "Well, crap. I guess that means the part about me dying protecting someone more important than myself is true, too?"
"No."
Now he was even MORE confused. "But the legend says-"
"YOU make your own destiny, Nishjin. Don't let some story tell you what to do."
Not knowing how to react to his new companion, he simply said, "You'd better not tell ANYONE what happened in Scheburg."
The only reply that came was a chuckle.