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How long had it been since Negi could truly cut loose? It had been quite a long time and Chamo and Barry were looking out for one another.

Stepping into the sensoriums, Negi looked over at the recreation of the Gravekeeper's Palace floating overhead. He could remember most of it, from regaining his memories of the attack that ruined the magical world and earth in a simultaneous blow, but stepping forward was Fate, the pale haired boy giving him a silent look.

The pair stared at each other for a long moment, and then seconds later, exploded into energy. Fists crashed against each others cheeks in a cross-counter as they skidded backwards.

"Come, Negi. Show me your plan." intoned Fate.

Negi grinned as his form changed, invoking his most powerful ability. His hair fanned out and became a long pink swathe of hair as his body glowed in a brilliant pink light as he shot forward, Fate coming to meet him in a devastating blow. The sound of violence could DEFINITELY be heard from behind the door in the sensorium, as the pair rained blow after blow down in a dizzying volley.

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"Well, I am sorry for interrupting. And not just for your sake, it was very educational to watch. Gave me a couple of ideas." The smile wasn't forced any more.

"Not a problem! When I'm done, I could probably discuss magic with you for a while at least. I have nothing really planned for the day," added Negi, smiling right back.

"I'd love to, if we can find common ground about it. I'm barely familiar with Hermetic style. I suppose this is a chance to learn the basics."

And it was a relief to be able to talk to someone about it without the fear that they'd attempt to kidnap, torture, and/or murder him.

"I'll do my best then," replied Negi. "I love to figure out similarities at any rate."

"The better people on the ship can work together, the better our chances," Morgan agreed with a nod.

"Yeah, though some of them don't get the memo," remarked Negi, sighing. "There's always secrets being kept and really, is it that obvious that we have to get along but people are too stubborn to do so?"

"That's just how it is. It's hard to put aside your philosophy and belieds, after all..." Oh, how well he'd learned THAT fact over time.

"Yeah that's true enough. I guess not everyone is okay with the whole idea though." sighed Negi.

"Like I said, philosophy and belief. We'd see it all the time back home. If one person wants to save the world by prayer and supplication to an all-powerful deity, and another person has no belief in the divine and instead wants to save the world through applied science and technology, how could the two ever work together?"

He was understating at best. Ask any three mages about which path was true and proper, and you'd get four different answers at least.

"That's true. And there's so many ideals that this place will be a hotbed of them." said Negi. He shrugged. "It's why I follow the gray path, my own way."

"Who doesn't follow their own way? That's the problem at the same time it's the only palatable way." He sighed. "The problem with not crushing human spirit is that no two go in the same direction."

"Yeah. Getting people to see the same idea while dealing with conflicting stuff is always a problem." Negi pursed his lips and shrugged. "Sometimes it'll be weird though and it'll work."

"Sometimes, and it's always a glorious thing when it does!" he said cheerfully. "And despite everything I have faith it'll happen again here."

"Same here really," laughed Negi. "It'll be good to see it happen."

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