"Thank you, Genis. I'm glad you understand..." He glanced back briefly to give him a small smile, tempered by the intensity of his stare before he faced forward again. "I'll help you become stronger, too. Strong enough so nobody can take anything away from you again."

Strong enough that most wouldn't dare try to take anything from them. Strong enough to punish those that would.

They could start to see the cliff face through the trees when Lloyd's voice began to ring out--somewhere to their left. "Genis!" He was moving away from the house to search. The voices of the others followed soon after, some callng for Lloyd and some likewise shouting for Genis.

But as for Mithos, he barely paused. "Good, they've left the house. That'll make it easier for us."