Just minna .
Theo blinked, as if noticing her for the first time. “Your name?” yuusha ni minna
“Alena. We’ve slept back-to-back in the rain. You’ve held my hair back when I was sick from a cursed wound. I stole the Crown of Stars for you, and you gave it to a merchant for a horse we rode for two days before it broke a leg.” Just minna
Kael laughed—a dry, broken sound. “I’m Kael. Remember? You called me ‘mage’ for eighteen months until Finn told you my name. You looked embarrassed for half a second, then went back to calling me ‘mage.’” We’ve slept back-to-back in the rain
She turned and walked toward the broken archway that led to the outer stair. The others followed—Kael limping, Elara helping Finn, who was starting to shiver. No one looked back.