The lineage had diminished through the ages, but like Tao'ro and Mara before them, embers remained burning for those with the gumption to find them.
"Over there. Do you see it, that temple?" It would be difficult to miss, certainly. Civilization had thinned out for miles around, and there was very little sign of life where the pebble beach clattered upon the waves.
"Well, what are we waiting for?" Zaofan said, "Lead the way, Balon-Sensei!"
And so there it was. The trial to come would doubtless prove difficult, but they had come this far to restore what had been lost. Forging ahead, Ochazuke followed the trail of energy resonating from the Earth.