You could see the gears turning in his head. "Who says I wanted to pull your weapon out? I don't want to get laid out like my friends." he challenged. I sighed deeply. This really was not worth my time. "Whatever! I'm leaving now. Don't play stupid games like this again. None of us are what you would call evil, but some have a higher level of patience than others. Some Blade Spirits would kick your ass for this kind of shit." I warned him. Leaving the alley I was in, it was time to decide what to do with my day. It also made me wonder how my 4 incarnations would handle sheathing. The shy clone was in the closest shrine to me. That was the one in Battleville. I did not want them to be alone. Walking over to the long row of shrines, I called him out. Slowly, he appeared before me. "Y-yes. Lord David?" he asked. "Come with me. We are going to have a bit of a party with the other 3 incarnations." He did not look like he wanted to go. I took him by the hand. "Don't worry. I will protect you." He said "I'm having trouble. I've been shown before, but I don't get how to dress myself."
Zipping around him, I took his pants and said "I'll help you when we get there. Let's go." He nodded and reached for my hand. I held on and led him out of the town in his underwear. Andron Town was where we left the intersex clone. He was thankfully dressed. When I mentioned the party, he was all for it. His smile was all teeth. "Yeah! I like that idea. Let's go party, Lord David! I'll show you who the strongest incarnation is." he said as he walked off ahead of me. I scoffed and shook my head as I knew he was going the wrong way. Making a detour was not bad though. From there, we went to Ethana. The incarnation there was confused to see the other incarnations. "Are these your other incarnations, Lord David?" he asked. "We are! You got a problem with it!?" the intersex clone demanded. The shy one hid behind me. The surly one just shrugged. "I'm just wondering why you're here. I'm the only one needed here." he said as he looked right at me. "I wanted to take the 4 of you out for a party. Come with us to Osna to get the first one." I said. He just sighed and followed us.
I was not going to antagonize anyone here. They were all their own people. Even if they were clones of me, it was important to respect that. I still saw all the incarnations sizing each other up. They were Battle Spirits after. They all lived for battle and conflict. I was sure that the shy one would be a competent fighter even with his skittish personality. I was still holding his hand. The shy one and the intersex one were born at the same time. It gave the 2 of them the time to get used to each others presence as we travelled in the big group. I did not get the sense that they liked each other, but they would not fight if I was there with both of them out of respect for me. The intersex clone did not seem to have any problems trying to assert dominance over the surly one. That came in the form of goading him into a fight. The surly one stopped in his tracks. I had to step in now. "I want to have a really fun time with all of you. We need to go to Osna. Then we need to find a place to relax. Don't make me send you both back to your shrines." I said. It was enough to get them calmed.
