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Yugi and the others stumbled up the dark stairs and out into the moist, dusky Senmarian air. Yugi breathed deeply. Even mold and swamp smelled better than rotting corpses. Atem kept asking what had happened while he was "asleep." Yugi didn't really know himself. He needed time to sort everything out in his head.

One of the officers who had arrested them was talking to an important-looking Poyo in regal robes. "I had evidence to believe that they had stolen the ring, so I dropped them into the Caves."

The robed Poyo noticed the disheveled gang standing at the exit of the Caves. "Are you referring to this Union, Ruhnethor?"

Tea waved. "How did you get out!? Ruhnethor asked incredulously.

"If I remember correctly, keeping Lilitu is illegal in Senmar, right?" Yugi asked. The man in the robes nodded. "Well, you're going to have to tell someone that there used to be a Mother Lilitum down there."

The man gasped. "A Mother Lilitum? In the Caves!?" he wheeled around, facing Ruhnethor angrily. "You are the Keeper of the Caves, Ruhnethor! How could you allow a travesty like this to occur?"

Ruhnethor growled. "I most certainly allowed this to happen, Rei-Devnum." he spat. "Why are you trying to drive Lilitu to extinction, when they could be valuable assets of destruction?"

"Are you mad?" Rei-Devnum asked. "You are guilty of violating the very law that you are meant to uphold! You are condemned to the Caves yourself!"

Ruhnethor growled and took off toward the Ferian Marshlands. "How dare you defy arrest!" Rei-Devnum yelled after him. "We will find you, I assure you of that!"

Suddenly, remembering that he had an audience, he turned back to the bedraggled party. "Ah, yes. I assume you know the law, Astalan?" Yugi nodded. "Then you are free to go."

Rei-Devnum walked away to organize a search party for Ruhnethor. Tristan turned to Yugi. "We're free to go, just like that?" he asked, confused. "But don't they think that we stole some kinda special ring?"

"It's called the 'purging of the legislature'," Yugi answered. "They believe that if a criminal or group of criminals exposes corruption in the law or in the people who uphold the law, then those criminals should be cleared of all charges."

Tea raised her eyebrows. "So we just told them that this Ruhnethor was keeping Lilitu and we're innocent?"

Yugi sighed. "The Senmarians have always had a strange government. But right now, I don't really mind."

A few minutes later, they all arrived back at Klyndeneya. "Yugi," Atem said. "You still won't tell me what happened."

Yugi sighed. "You saved me, Atem," he responded quietly. "At the cost of your own life."

Atem stopped, shocked and confused. "You mean—I died? How could I not recall such a thing?"

"I don't know, Atem…" Yugi said, shaking his head. "And I don't know why you're here now, either."

Atem didn't know what to say. He always imagined that he would give up his life for his partner's, but now he knew. He just didn't remember.

Yugi sat down at the bar counter. "Frenji?" he asked the Loramyshan barmaid.

She looked up at him. "You look terrible, Yugi," she stated. "What is it?"

"Has a Loramys ever… resurrected someone before?" Yugi asked. Atem came back to life somehow. Yugi needed to know what happened.

Frenji put a cold hand on Yugi's own. "You did it, yeah?"

Yugi was surprised. "So it was me?" he asked.

"In a way," she began to explain. "There are three types of tears, you see. The first is called basal tears, which coat the eyes. The second is called reflex tears, and they drive out any irritations. The third is called physic tears. They are a result of extreme emotions or physical pain. Loramyshan physic tears can 'eal 'uman wounds. I don't think 'e was dead, Yugi… but 'e was close."

Frenji continued to work while the others sat in the chairs beside Yugi. "Hey, dude," Tristan greeted. "Uh… getting your bearings or something?"

"I can't do this anymore, guys," Yugi said suddenly. "I can't risk my life… or someone else's life… for a living."

Atem looked at him. "This is because of me, isn't it?"

"It is," Yugi said. "It's not your fault or anything. But I don't want to lose you and think that it was because of me."

Atem nodded. "I would feel the same way about you, Yugi. This mercenary business… it's not for us. And I'm sure that there are plenty of devotees ready to take our place."

"So we can be normal kids?" Joey asked.

Tea laughed. "At least until we have to save the world again."