
Not really.396Please respect copyright.PENANAhZXdRguldA
And that Red, is how we lost Elistia.”396Please respect copyright.PENANAuztXaD1QpO
Red soaked it all in for a short moment, but there was no time for more, as it was396Please respect copyright.PENANAI2DB3hIBEf
now the turn for Harigar Rhim to interrupt...396Please respect copyright.PENANAWEo2V6h25W
“Boss!” Dhanel Marce looks at him “We really need to get going now.”396Please respect copyright.PENANAPTtjjzHDhh
... the sky goes white once again... lightning strikes with the most thunderous of396Please respect copyright.PENANA6b8GnqNyP4
roars... this time at the very top of the fearful mountain... so hard that they could swear396Please respect copyright.PENANAXJ7FMiA5q0
some pieces of rock were cleaved right of it...396Please respect copyright.PENANAG1gcSiB6Yg
“What do you mean get moving?” asked Celle “What about this situation? We are396Please respect copyright.PENANAJRnquKptA0
here brazenly wasting time talking with this riffraff, indulging him instead of coming396Please respect copyright.PENANABsZVphfmMW
to terms with how to handle this. Is any reminder needed that we are on a mission?396Please respect copyright.PENANA8NxGSWkuSJ
Acting on secrecy?”396Please respect copyright.PENANAT1nQFYRDPo
“Celle is right.” Deena took up the word “I guess we cannot proceed without396Please respect copyright.PENANAhpIAJfJW68
addressing this.”396Please respect copyright.PENANARaED18bNh7
“Why are you here?” Celle persisted...396Please respect copyright.PENANAIwypmRfFga
“Red can often be found here.” Deena looked at Dhanel Marce as if asking396Please respect copyright.PENANATVOpX4b6Y9
permission to proceed with every word offered “He is originally from this town and396Please respect copyright.PENANA2j8m6JG3T6
more often than not, he comes here to walk these empty streets, so us finding him here396Please respect copyright.PENANAhcqhlSixyj
tonight is not that out of the ordinary nor coincidental. Ever since tragedy befell this396Please respect copyright.PENANAD4L7vSD0UA
place he has been coming here, and none of us has ever asked, as we could understand396Please respect copyright.PENANA9yt8e2JNVC
the reason somewhat.”396Please respect copyright.PENANATSyBogcGiG
Deena continued reluctantly, as she now looked at the red-haired man “Sometimes396Please respect copyright.PENANA1XITi4IyVN
he would disappear for days and in the end, we would always find him here when duty396Please respect copyright.PENANA7NNLbgAsA3
called. It is not that uncanny to find him here tonight. I think none of us is all that396Please respect copyright.PENANAmKtf0WWI03
surprised...”396Please respect copyright.PENANATOUG5tgLNI
“Aye, I’ll admit to that.” Harigar Rhim looked at them all, as he scratched the back396Please respect copyright.PENANAs7H7Df9Ogt
of his head.396Please respect copyright.PENANA6MuPSpbg3U
“That may be” Celle took a few steps “but there is still the “detail” of the396Please respect copyright.PENANAeamlSEUtkr
inconspicuously of our presence here, and this man regardless of his past or bond to396Please respect copyright.PENANA5DyLqORbUv
any of you, is not with the Hand anymore. He is but a civilian now, and to be treated396Please respect copyright.PENANASpHhNpxUoE
as such.”396Please respect copyright.PENANAvRQCahVcMc
“Yeah, that part is also correct,” mumbled Harigar Rhim.396Please respect copyright.PENANAi18fesX8ov
Dhanel Marce paced back and forth almost like teasing, till he came to a slow stop396Please respect copyright.PENANAZK3l9FeNZ6
and with his back now turned to all of them he asked: “What would you then suggest396Please respect copyright.PENANAVNwD7yRMjh
Celle?”396Please respect copyright.PENANAbPUabHhck5
“We are all aware of our instructions; we are not to be seen under any circumstance396Please respect copyright.PENANAzkb5ISML9w
during our stay in this forsaken area, and if such thing comes to pass then those396Please respect copyright.PENANA5vFTzVsBWv
unfortunate enough to gaze upon us are to be dealt with. To not be left in any condition396Please respect copyright.PENANANsTpBGBj0a
where their mouths could tell what their eyes saw. As often must be Sir - the payment396Please respect copyright.PENANAnAJIPrrWnm
of few to keep the many safe.”396Please respect copyright.PENANAhNgo2EUuhl
“Are you suggesting then that we should take care of Red right here and now?” asks396Please respect copyright.PENANAtlGO2gO8jm
Harigar Rhim while looking at Dhanel Marce “I doubt he will go down as a civilian,396Please respect copyright.PENANA3yCI86eL4A
but hey, you have the rank so go on ahead” the black-cloaked swordsman then turns396Please respect copyright.PENANA8zE6S2S4bD
his back to Celle and moves closer to Lorian.396Please respect copyright.PENANAEUcbYocF5t
“Now this should be something.”396Please respect copyright.PENANAaHOSRCkxvx
“This is ridiculous...” Deena exhales “captain?”396Please respect copyright.PENANAS6OICv9xXH
“Our orders were clear were they not? Perhaps they were orders for me alone to396Please respect copyright.PENANAOj6CUKekl2
carry?” Celle had on her face that typical smug expression of hers, something already396Please respect copyright.PENANAgUzuU8zjsx
too familiar to all those inhabiting her circle “I will make sure to bring these issues to396Please respect copyright.PENANAiZcfa7kDGR
his majesty more often.”396Please respect copyright.PENANAMcOW8wm9Vm
“You are such a bitch sometimes” Deena spoke openly while Red just stood there,396Please respect copyright.PENANAbRqqEYhKtE
in the middle of the whole scene, surrounded by the five, with Dhanel Marce slightly396Please respect copyright.PENANAnZTUUkjDY5
farther away than the rest.396Please respect copyright.PENANAFbc9MRLzfd
He stood and watched with his feet deeply rooted into that scarred soil, for his eyes396Please respect copyright.PENANAHYIDMmxC3M
alone could do all the necessary movements this moment required.396Please respect copyright.PENANA9bQ9AgMti4
“You used to serve the Hand, yes?” Celle asked, “So you know how it must go.”396Please respect copyright.PENANAuz3mK0MawD
“Impressive.” Red finally said, “You really gobble up all that kingly shit, don’t you?”396Please respect copyright.PENANAKJOULa1Z82