New year hope.

[León Austral]

The surprise of them was echoed on the man, soon revealed to be Ibycus', face. It seemed they were all as shocked as each other that they had managed to find their roots so close in this land of Americans and other assorted cultures. The Austral man had heard of Bolzano, had even traveled through the area in his wanderings, they could have almost met and never known it, funny that they should now meet up so far away from that place,

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"Sono stato al posto di parlare, ma io non sono italiano, io sono spagnolo. León Austral."[/html] The stranger revealed himself as Ibycus and the suspicions of the Austral pair seemed to dampen even more.

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"Analise Kailypso Da"lykina Austral, mia madre era italiana"[/html] Jandro wriggled in her grasp and Analise put him down on the floor, he ran up to the stranger and sniffed his feet with his tail wagging excitedly, Analise nodded towards him and spoke,

"Alejandro." At his name the child looked up for the fewest of seconds before returning to his assesment of this new play toy.