Mithos was silent for a moment--silent with approval. In the back of his mind, he was pleased that Genis didn't answer Lloyd. He knew that humans couldn't really be his friends. After that moment, he answered and moved forward with a little more vigour. "Right, let's go."

Within a few minutes, they left the trees and approached the rocky base of Altessa's house. The area was silent save for the sounds of the humans still calling for Genis--just Genis now--in the distance. Mithos could tell that only Altessa and Tabatha remained inside, so it didn't seem that they would have any trouble getting the Exsphere.

He tugged Genis straight ahead, right up to the door, and opened it without hesitation. He brushed right past Tabatha without so much as looking at her (he couldn't stand her, less so right now), even as she tried to greet them. He simply pulled Genis faster towards the room where Raine had been.

--And the body was still there. She was covered in a blanket, but there was no mistaking the form that still remained on one of the beds. Only once they saw it did Mithos finally stop. "I can get it for you," he stated as he looked back towards Genis, though the statement was without finality--in case he wanted to get it himself.

What neither of them knew was that there was no Exsphere to be found.