'He wants to know why? Hmm, he doesn't know at all? So that means all he is doing is a duty, not actual hate for me.
But if it's an issue of duty, then no matter what I say, he'll not let me in, and as it stands, I can't get through him without doing some crazy things.' Aren thought to himself.
The issue was that he still had to speak to Casper, because that was the only way he could buy some time to maybe make out a plan.
"You took someone dear to me," Aren said.
"Hmm?" Casper paused, then he thought for a few seconds. "Oh, could you be talking about the lady that the patriarch wanted?" Casper asked.
Aren assumed that he was talking about Athena, so he nodded. "Yes, her."
"Hmm, why is she important to you?" Casper asked, still walking closer. "You must have at least known that coming here was terribly risky," Casper explained.
"Yeah, I knew that. I've already made my peace with that. I'm not going to stop until I get to her and save her," Aren explained.
