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"I doubt that a simple potion will suffice, but I would not stop you from the attempt. The abyss into which she fell has followed her soul back into the waking world. It may pass with time, or it may not, even I cannot be certain. I should advise immediate rest, however. Until we can dispel these clouds from her eyes, or devise an alternative to physical sight, it would be far too dangerous to take her into any engagement. If one of you will convey her, and my unconscious two-footed chauffeur, back to your base, I will be waiting for you there." The shape began to dissipate, severing itself from the rest of Gabriel's shadow as it plucked a tiny sliver of light from his chest. Had Thrais the power to see it, she would have known what it was - one of the last fragile shards of Gabriel's broken heart. With the shimmering fragment tightly in hand, the now-independent shadow simply faded out, drawn through the empyrean to the Chasers' base.

Gabriel groaned softly, trying to sit up again. Losing two pieces of himself in the same half hour was almost more than his body could survive. Reflexively, he took a heavy draft from his flask of stabilizer, the heavily charged serum forcing his dissembled mind back into a single semi-coherent piece.

"I also want to protect you Thrias!" Maki chirped in with Vice. "I can't heal you or anything like that but I can protect you! Please let me help!" Maki had a strong look in her eye but her voice had the innocence of a child in it eager to protect others.

"Thank god you're alright." he sighed and held her tightly. It was true that her vision was currently shadowed, but he had faith that she would be okay. Helping her up, he slowly led her back to the carrier to rest. "Vice, I understand you need to go to Radiant Garden so take my ship there. The directions to Snowglobe are already there, so after you're down we can all meet to save our fellow companion." setting Thrais down in a seat, he kissed her cheek and leaned to her ear. "Believe it or not the chaser we need to save is actually Scyre...He'll be okay, so just sit tight." leaving her side, he peeked his head outside. He had already seen Ryo left, but he knew that they would meet again soon. He was a strong chaser.
"Maki, Dorinda. How's Gabriel doing?" he asked while kneeling down next to him.

Gabriel tried to get to his feet, and promptly failed. He shook his head as hard as he could, trying to knock the little stars down where they floated past his eyes, and eventually settled on leaning against his own knees. "Two in one day...bloody hell." His eyes, now almost nothing BUT red, flicked from face to face, brighter and colder and more calculating than before. "Vice, your offer is appreciated, but I would suggest that you stay with the others and head for this Snowglobe place. I really should thank you, I'd have been space dust if you hadn't thrown up that shield, but right now they'll need your powers backing them up on the front line. If we can get back to base, Thrais and I will be alright, if someone would give us a lift. If Maki doesn't object, there's a shortcut we could take that would give her a little more combat practice, and the Cactuar is roomy enough to comfortably sit three, wings included." He managed a half smile, but the toll on his body and mind were quite visible.

"Ah Gabriel! Lemme help you!" Maki said grabbing his arm and swinging it over her shoulder. "Let's get you to the ship." Maki smiled heaving him up and helping his tired body move towards the Cactuar.

Thrais thought about what was to come... and she felt disapointed, Gabriel was right, she be more of a hinderance if she went with them on the mission. It left a bitter taste in her mouth just thinking about it. What if someone got hurt?! What if they were in danger and needed her help?!
The feeling of being useless was something she wasn't unfamiliar with, but it was still a pain in the neck.

Soon the weaver picked up on the sound of Maki's shuffling feet as she brought Gabriel inside. thoguh she couldn't see them, she felt ther presence, and tugged in the destiny threads connecting them for good measure. At least she had something to use. She could tug on them if she needed to be lead to someone. It would be avoiding obsticles that would be the problem. Destiny threads didn't help with going through walls.

" Is Gabriel ok Maki?" she would ask, looking in various places, but in the general direction she heard them comming from.

Gabriel dug through his pockets and produced the navi-g from the wreck of the Hellwind. The precious chunk of wossname was in about the same condition as he was, but it was completely functional. "Here, it'll copy my charts into your system. The back door from here should show up on your screens." He worked against the arm of his seat until it faced where Thrais sat. "And here I thought you and I had nothing in common, cousin."

Maki held up the Navi-g from Gabriel and examined it carefully before glancing at the module to see where it was suppose to be inserted. She found a relatively homely looking crevice and placed the Navi-G comforatably in it. A small gate appeared along with a map in the corner of her window. "Is everyone on board and ready to go?" She called over her shoulder, flicking a couple more switches and buttons.