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Serenity Cove, sunset [Saturday]

Jan had lost his contest, and he had lost it not because Korr was better, but because he had been stupid. Not just to break out of the pattern, but to believe, even for a moment, that Korr would stay, that his hatred had been anything but real.

Everything Korr had said to him came back, and he hung his head, miserable, pawing the earth. You are corrupter and betrayer. Weanling sop who led the unicorns away from Alma's laws. Your name is a curse...

He didn't even remember his name; it had been a gift from the voice upon his arrival. He snorted, pawing the earth again, and threw his head up to gaze out over the ocean.

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After his run-in with Korr, Dor headed back to his room and then used his talent to trace where Jan had ended up. He was exhausted and looked like he had been put through a wringer but he wanted to make sure he got the information he found out to his roommate.

One nice thing about having a unicorn on the island is that it's not that hard to track him down.

"Jan?" he ventured as he approached him on the beach. "You okay?"

Jan swung his head around, ears flicking when he saw his friend's condition. "What has happened to you?" he asked, stretching his neck towards him, ignoring the question in favour of his own. "You look as if you've galloped for miles without rest."

Dor sighed and push some hair from his face. "I... uh... found Korr's cave that he was living in," he said. "Unfortunately it took longer than I thought it would. He showed up while I was still inside. I'm okay though! I was able to get away without getting hurt."

Ears flat, Jan started snuffling Dor, checking for injuries. "There is something wrong with him," he said, teeth champing. He had to believe that.

"The cave and rocks seem to agree with you," Dor said patting Jan on the neck. "They think he's completely insane. I'm okay though. I'm just a mess for running like crazy to get away from him."

Satisfied that Dor was unhurt, Jan nuzzled his shoulder. "I think that they are right," he said, snorting a little. "The cave and the rocks, had they anything to say about me?"

"Bits and pieces," Dor replied. "He seems to think he's a king. And he also seems to be obsessed with someone name Alma and purity. Does that make any sense to you?"

"It means nothing to me." Jan's head drooped and he pawed the ground. "He said similar things to me, that I had broken Alma's laws, that he was a king, but I do not know who Alma is, or what laws he demands I follow."

"What about a pied mare?" Dor asked. "He seems to blame her for everything. Including enchanting his son."

"Pied is a colour of unicorn, black with another colour, rose or blue or yellow," he said slowly, tossing his head because that almost seemed familiar. "I pity his son, wherever he may be."

"Oh," Dor replied. "Well that makes more sense than I was thinking about. In Xanth it'd be a mare made up of pies."

Jan eyed him suspiciously, then snorted, amused for the first time since the contest. "You come from a very strange land."

"Everyone keeps telling me that but to me it's just normal," Dor chuckled. "At least it's never boring."

Dor nodded back to the dorm. "You going to stay out here? I think the pie tree has a few fresh pies to eat."

Jan looked over his shoulder, then back to the ocean, skin twitching. "I lost the contest because I was a fool," he admitted, shame in every line of his body. "It might be best if I stay here."

Dor frowned. "But you did your best, right?" he asked. "I mean... if you gave your best then you don't have anything to be ashamed about."

"I thought I did," Jan replied, ears curving towards Dor hopefully. He didn't want to stay here alone, not really. Unicorns weren't meant to be alone.

Dor reached up to scratch behind Jan's ears.

"That's all we could ask for," Dor replied encouragingly. "And if you're staying out here? Then I am too."

Apparently Dor was taking the whole shoulder-friend thing seriously.

Jan heaved a great sigh. "Then we'd best go in. You could catch a cold if you stay out here." He nudged Dor. "You said something about pies?"

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