Gramps sighed loudly, raking his fingers through the ash to erase the trouble writings. He nodded minutely, feeling self conscious under his stare. It was hard not to blush and thus Mikleo turned his head. “Do you understand what it means to give someone, especially a human, your true name?” he asked at length. He tried so hard to make his guardian proud. Mikleo would have much preferred anger to that. Gramps didn’t look angry, he looked disappointed. It was not anger in his face that Mikleo was fearful of, though.

He was a very patient guardian but it was obvious it was a harder virtue to maintain at the moment. Gramps drew deeply from his pipe and exhaled the trails of smoke out through his nose. There was nothing really to say except, quietly, “He thought it sounded pretty.” Context was enough to tell him exactly what was scratched into the ash and a cold weight settled in his gut as he waited, hands clenching against his thighs. “Do you want to explain, then, why this is what I found Sorey practicing his penmanship on?” With his pipe, he gestured out towards the ash on the edges of his hearth. Gramps nodded, seemingly pleased with his recitation. Seraphim must guard their true name to ensure it may never be used against them,” Mikleo recalled, doing his best to be as precise as possible to the words used in the lecture he’d heard months ago.

A true name is both a blessing and a curse in that it allows for very deep connections but does so through the surrender of certain powers of will. “You said true names have a special power that can bind a seraph to someone else’s command and thus should not be freely disclosed. Either way, it was an easy enough lesson to repeat. Under different circumstances, he might have considered it simply a quiz. This question did not illuminate anything for Mikleo. “Do you remember what I told you when your true name was revealed?” Gramps asked at last, his pipe laying idle in his hands. He could think of nothing to have caused the worried frown he’d seen on Sorey’s face. They’d been doing school work just as Gramps had asked them to. He and Sorey hadn’t even ventured off into the ruins that day. He knew he was in trouble but he had no idea what he’d done. He knew because Gramps kept his back turned even as he sat beside the fire and fell quiet for far too long. He knew because Gramps told Sorey to wait outside, the human’s expression somewhat panicked as the door closed between them. He also shares a few artes with Zagi.Mikleo knew he was in trouble. Since Repede is very short, several attacks will go over his hurtbox completely to negate much of the damage that a character would normally receive. The interesting thing about Repede in battle is the fact that he is a dog. Repede's unusually adept ability to use weapons meant for human use is both admired and sometimes made fun of by Yuri and his other companions. He is also an item expert, increasing the effects of items with his passive skills to up to double their effectiveness, and without having to wait to use more, and occasionally without using the item up. He is the only character able to steal items from opponents with the arte Thievery. When not being controlled, he will go after the enemy targeted by the player. Repede is one of the faster, more mobile characters in battle with naturally high agility and skills that place emphasis on running such as Dash, which further increases his speed, in addition to ones that heal HP and TP and prevent staggering during his movement. Repede also carries a chain from his previous owner and uses his previous owner's bodhi blastia for combat.Ĭut-in image for Slash!! in Tales of Vesperia. It is an ongoing event in which the heroine Estelle wants to pet Repede, but is rejected by him. Repede is friendly around those he trusts and children who like dogs, but dislikes it when approached by people he does not know.

Repede usually carries Niren's pipe in his mouth when he is not in a battle. Repede now dons several accessories: a leather sash around his chest that carries a scabbard to hold his dagger, a metal chain around his neck, and a brass ring at the base of his tail. Because of an incident, Repede has a large scar from his forehead extending to near his mouth from the left side of his face. The 'rings' above his paws are now larger with a tint brown fur sticking out from the back. Some of the fur sticks out from his chest.Īs an adult, Repede has grown significantly larger. He has green eyes, light blue fur extending behind his head, pointed ears and a sickle tail. Repede is a dog with dark blue and gray fur.

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