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Sirene Ignitis

The woman looked at Julia for several moments before smiling warmly, with none of the malice that was present just moments ago with the three men. Julia for her part just regarded the woman with some mild suspicion, but didn't raise her guard and merely kept her distance.

"You don't recognise me." She said, cocking her head slightly.

"Should I?" Julia asked. She looked at the woman carefully. She was wearing a long blue and white cloak with gold accents, and had dark brown hair that barely passed her ears. Or was it flame red? That was odd, it seemed to be two colours at once. "Why is your hair two different colours?"

The woman smiled even larger than before, and laughed heartily. "Well that's a first. Tell me, which one do you see?"

"It's like..." Julia started before trailing off and squinting. "It's dark brown, but it wants to be another colour. A bright flame red."

"Miss, you're the first person who's ever noticed my hair colour is inconsistent. Be proud. Now, what's your name? Mine's Sirene Ignitis." Sirene answered, laughing again, and sticking out her hand in offering.

Julia hesitated for a moment, before stepping forward and grasping Sirene's hand. "Julia."

"Well Julia, you look completely lost, am I right?" Sirene asked. "Middle of the Dragontail Mountains all alone and completely unarmed. Did you just drop out of the sky?"

"I mean... kind of?" Julia admitted, rubbing the back of her head. "I woke up under a bush not far from here and I don't remember anything about my past at all. I know some things, like I know I'm standing on a road, I know that's a sword on the ground over there and so on, but anything personal is like a void."

"Oh, an amnesiac! I love a good mystery!" Sirene exclaimed, smiling again. "Come on, tell me all about what you know while we walk."

"We?" Julia asked.

"Julia I'm not going to leave you alone especially after what you just told me." Sirene said, admonishing Julia and shaking her head. "I haven't had a travelling companion in a few decades, this'll be fun!"