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Green Dusk Flitter
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“He was fighting bravely, yet He wasn’t doing progress, and was losing ground. I was afraid He wasn’t going to win... Yet he had many chances to run away, and refused to do so... I didn’t know what he was thinking... Meanwhile that man continued to strike and strike relentlessly, and your father was barely being capable of defending himself...”
It enjoyed that... It saw my lord’s eyes, even through the darkness and saw despair; it wanted more of it... Perhaps he would save it, his screams and pain could scare the other ones off, and it could escape unpunished...
“... Until a small light of hope appears... between the rocks at top of the cave, a small, almost unnoticeable, ray of sunlight gets trough... Your father as soon as he saw it reflected it with his sword towards that man’s eyes... He managed to blind him for some time, not a lot, but enough. That man was now on the defensive, having to stop your father’s attacks, and still trying to adapt his eyesight to the darkness of the cave. Not before too long, that man fell defeated, and your father was victorious. “
Perhaps it sounds very poetic, but it was the truth. It didn’t notice that ray of light, while my lord did. Shortly after, it was blinded, and then every attempt of defending itself was futile... And now it comes to the part not even I understand...
“... After that... He went in, and rescued me, He wasn’t that badly wounded as I expected him to be, yet he was still hurt. Between the two of us, we managed to get out of that cave. He saved my life, and since that day, I sworn to follow him and protect him and his people. Giving my life if needed...”
... He spared me... I didn’t know why... It didn’t knew why... he was wounded... It still had the taste of his blood in its mouth... It would threaten him, insult him, even try to attack him again but he wouldn’t kill it... Even I consider that the correct choice would have been killing it... even if I would have never existed if that happened... He came out of the cave... The soldiers seemed surprised to seeing him alive... They didn’t recognise this body... As they knew not what exactly they were fighting against, only that it was a murderer... They thought I was just a survivor, and that the murderer was death inside the cave, otherwise my lord wouldn’t be alive...
... Toristan allowed me to exist, and I thank him for that. I still don’t know what madness drove him to let it live, and when I asked him about it, he wouldn’t answer me... Perhaps I should insist in the question, but the last thing I want is to bother him...
I have done a lot of damage to a lot of people... The only thing I can do right now is try to pay my debt with my lord, and try to fix things right as much as I can, yet this world isn’t pacifist... Wars rage on, murderers are still around... I will do as best as I can. If there’s a heaven or hell, as the people says, I will probably go to hell, no matter what I do, But that’s fine, that’s how it should work after all...
Varo: ... Thank you for telling us the story, uncle...
Vero: I wonder why dad didn’t want to tell us about it...
Santios: Neither I do, Perhaps he didn’t want for you to do reckless things as he did back then. Please, don’t do something like that, if you know there is trouble, ask for my help, alright?
Varo: Yes Uncle, don’t worry, I will keep Vero out of trouble.
Vero: What?! If there is someone who is reckless here it is you!
Santios: Perhaps we should start moving, or they will begin without us.
Varo and Vero: Oh Yes, Sorry uncle.
Well... That went well, right? We move inside the dining hall, I will have to report to my lord, and then perhaps I will have some rest of my travels.
[You may pick who to follow now: Varo, Vero or one of the five guardsmen that Santios has under his command]
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