Ideas to grow on #4: Following Dawn

      Takanuva looked up at the banners being raised up in his honor. He smiled. He would have been a goner if not for the Toa Nuva. After ripping off the Makuta's mask, he had slipped, and both he and the Makuta would have fallen into a pool of protodermis with the Makuta; but luckily, he had been grabbed by Pohatu and Lewa and only his foot had gone in. Sure, it was a little distorted now, twisted by the strange fluid metal, but no real damage was done. The limp he had initially had because of the strange shape it had become was gone now, and he walked as straight as ever. And it would always serve as a reminder of that victory.

      “Brother!” Tahu Nuva called, shoving Takanuva on the back playfully.
      “Greetings, Tahu, my good friend,” said Takanuva happily. “Quite a celebration this is, you know!”
      “Or it will be,” added Lewa from behind them, “but when it soon-starts, this festival will indeed be the greatest in Mata Nui!”

      Soon, all the Toa Nuva were beside the Toa of Light, chatting merrily. However, Kopaka looked graver than ever, sitting apart from the group, clearly in deep thought.

      “Kopaka?” asked Takanuva, sitting down beside Kopaka. “Is something troubling you?”

      “It seems too easy,” muttered Kopaka, putting a hand to his face. “The Makuta was defeated, just like that… all his threats are no more. But something seems… off.”
      “I think you've just been fighting him so long, it's hard to accept that it's over now,” suggested the Toa of Light. But Kopaka shook his head.
      “Unless I see the body, I won't be sure. In fact,” he added, raising a sardonic eyebrow, “I'd probably not believe it even then.”
      Takanuva wasn't sure if this was Kopaka trying to make a joke, but then dismissed the thought. “If he comes back, we'll defeat him again, like before,” he assured the Toa Nuva of Ice. But Kopaka gestured to the other Toa.
      “Go and enjoy your time with the others. This is your time to shine.”