My name is Lato.

I'm seven...no, eight years old now.

My papa is working here. Do you know him? His name is Nadaelo and he's working with Uncle Ivis.

Um, well... My papa told me to receive blessings from Daevas.

He says my sisters are too old to be Daevas so I have to try hard to ascend.

Would you please bless me?

Thank you! Papa said not to come home until I'm blessed 50 times and you're the fifth one. So I only need to get 45 more blessings.

Oh...and my mother made gifts for me to reward Daevas who give me Blessing Kinah.

Papa told me not to come back home until I'm blessed 50 times and I only got 4 blessings so far and I'm gonna be out here all night and zaifs will eat me!

Daeva...sniffle...I hate you!

Thank you! Papa said not to come home until I'm blessed 50 times and you're the fifth one. So I only need to get 45 more blessings.

Oh...and my mother made gifts for me to reward Daevas who give me Blessing Kinah.

100 Kinah? Wheeee!

Thank you, Daeva! Let me see...where did I put that 100-Kinah gift?

Can you go ahead and bless me while I'm looking for it?

The others who blessed me before gave me 1,000 Kinah. Fei said a Daeva gave her 10,000 Kinah. She's so lucky!

Um...I didn't mean to act greedy. Sorry.

Really? It's wonderful!

Other kids boasted of getting 10,000 Kinah, but I never got that much!

Oh, I'm sorry. My mother said to be quiet and respectful to Daevas.

How could you play such a mean trick on me?

If I don't get the blessing money, the blessing doesn't work. I think I might cry....

Thank you so much!

I will try real hard to ascend so I can come see you at Sanctum someday!

And take this. My mom told me to give it to Daevas. It has homemade rice cake soup and a gift. Mom's soup is yummy!

Thank you so much!

I will try real hard to ascend so I can come see you at Sanctum someday!

And take this. My mom told me to give it to Daevas. It has homemade rice cake soup and a gift. Mom's soup is yummy!

Thank you so much!

I will try real hard to ascend so I can come see you at Sanctum someday!

And take this. My mom told me to give it to Daevas. It has homemade rice cake soup and a gift. Mom's soup is yummy!

1. Hand over blessing money to Lato, so he can hope to ascend as a Daeva.

Hand over blessing money to Lato, so he can hope to ascend as a Daeva.

You met a boy called Lato when you went to the Verteron Citadel.

He is the son of Nadaelo, an armor merchant, and came out to the street to receive the blessings of Daevas during the New Year Festival. He asked you to bless him.

When you gave him a sincere blessing and blessing money, he presented you rice cake soup and a gift that his mom had told him to give to Daevas who would bless him.