-Since the foorst days of the ee-toor-nool night, the King and the elders have sent the best woor-ee-oors out of Huachi with the mission of finding a way out. The Huachi ex-ploor-oors who have accompanied the woor-ee-oors and soor-vived have reported that passing the sea of ee-toor-nool night, there is a beast that serves the Acq' Aht. They say that this beast guards the entrance to a poortal. It is believed that this poortal can lead out of the ee-toor-nool night. But no woor-ee-oor has been able to defeat that beast that guards the entrance... until now! -said Tabet, excited and full of optimism.

-Wh-what? What are you talking about? -Kaleb asked, scared.

-If the poor-oh-fuh-see is troo, yoo and yoor guiding voice will make a diffoorence! -he answered.

-What? -Kaleb asked and turned to look at you, before being interrupted by Tabet.

-Yoo and yoor guiding voice will help us defeat that beast that guards the poortal and will guide us to find a way out of this purr-rison in which the Acq' Aht im-poor-ee-sunned us all!

-So you expect me to come with you to face a beast to get out of here?

-Correct! -said Tabet-. Since I was little, I turr-rained hard to become a woor-thee woor-ee-oor and destroy the beast that took the foor-ee-dum of Huachi and my fathoor. If yoo are the one the poor-oh-fuh-see speaks of, then I am shoor that we will be vic-toor-ee-oos, in the same way that he and his turr-roops defeated the hyoomans... togethoor!

Kaleb could see in the Huachi warrior's face that Tabet really believed in him, and therefore in you.

Tabet's expression changed drastically, the huachi now serious and dismayed.

-If we don't, Huachi won't soorvive -he said.

-What? Why? -asked Kaleb.

Huachi's resoorsuss are finite and neither food noor plants noor animals gurr-row in the watoors of the ee-toor-nool night. We must hoory or Huachi's resoorsuss and food will run out, and if that happens, Huachi's people will die.

Tabet walked up to Kaleb, gripping him hard by both shoulders and looking into his eyes.

-Don't let that happen, Kaleb. Please. The people of Huachi are counting on yoo -said the warrior-. On... both of yoo -the warrior corrected, addressing you as well.

Tabet released Kaleb and swam out of the cell. He closed the gate.

-By the way. I don't know how yoo took off these shackools, but if yoo get in turr-rouble foor it, say it was me who took them off -the warrior winked and left the cell.

That night Kaleb was thoughtful. He did not stop questioning what was happening, he did not stop thinking about all the beings that Black Hat had imprisoned inside this book, as he did with him.

Suddenly the sound of the door to the dungeons was heard.

It was Nango, who rushed in faster than usual, hurrying to open the cell and jumping into the water.

-Nango -said Kaleb as he smiles and sits up.

The huachi princess swam at full speed to the boy and tackled him with a big hug. The princess' head made Kaleb have to lift his chin a little. Her arms pressed his torso so hard against her body that he immediately knew something was up.

-Don't go -said Nango.

-What are you talking about, Nango? -the boy asked.

-Do not ah-gurr-ree to guide the huachi woor-ee-oor. Don't go, please.

The girl tightened the hug even more, and her eyes closed tightly.

-B-But Nango. Don't you want to get out of here? Rescue your people? -he said.

-Of coorse I want to, but there must be anothoor way -the princess' voice began to falter-. No huachi woor-ee-oor retoorns from facing the beast, I can't bear to see how they send moor just to die, and... I couldn't bear to see yoo suffoor the same Fate. I want yoo to stay. With yoor hyooman knowledge added to the huachi knowledge, poorhaps we can find a way in which yoor life is not at stake.

The princess was beginning to sound desperate.

-But, Nango, if I don't agree to guide the warrior, it's likely that your father and the wise men will execute me.

-No! I will stop them. I won't let them hurt yoo.

-Listen, Nango... -Kaleb said as he took the princess by the shoulders-. I... -Kaleb was about to say something, but at the last moment he decided to change his words-. I spoke with Tabet -he continued-. He told me that if the Huachi Kingdom doesn't escape soon, it's vital resources like food won't be enough. Every day they spend in here brings them closer to a horrible fate and I don't want that.

Nango knew what the boy said was true.

-Then take me with yoo -said the princess.

-What?! -Kaleb exclaimed, this option terrifying him even more than the mission itself.

-Yes. I will go with yoo and purr-rootect yoo! We can purr-rootect each othoor togethoor! -the princess said. What she was saying was firm but her voice wavered with sorrow.

-Nango, I've been out there and the dangers that reside there are something I don't want you to see, much less expose yourself to them -Kaleb said.

-I don't mind! They don't compare to knowing that yoo might not retoorn furr-rom that mission -the princess hugged the boy again-. Please, Kaleb, stay... please, I'ht Shomoyo...

Kaleb was stunned. He couldn't deny that he really wanted to stay with Nango. If not for what Tabet said, he probably would have decided to stay as soon as the princess mentioned it, without hesitation and without the need to consult with you...

However, that was not the case.

So with eyes gathering tears, he turned to look at you, hoping that you would help him by easing this painful decision.