Not really.109Please respect copyright.PENANAqOw7RVKkZ9
And that Red, is how we lost Elistia.”109Please respect copyright.PENANAUoo1pz88Z1
Red soaked it all in for a short moment, but there was no time for more, as it was109Please respect copyright.PENANAvmBar4mblw
now the turn for Harigar Rhim to interrupt...109Please respect copyright.PENANAxkLaWAfnqs
“Boss!” Dhanel Marce looks at him “We really need to get going now.”109Please respect copyright.PENANAcrhyUV9eyY
... the sky goes white once again... lightning strikes with the most thunderous of109Please respect copyright.PENANAtcLEmuCnrF
roars... this time at the very top of the fearful mountain... so hard that they could swear109Please respect copyright.PENANAE4tbE3tfiv
some pieces of rock were cleaved right of it...109Please respect copyright.PENANADLjxCqdHTs
“What do you mean get moving?” asked Celle “What about this situation? We are109Please respect copyright.PENANAIZW8SCjB4B
here brazenly wasting time talking with this riffraff, indulging him instead of coming109Please respect copyright.PENANAbo3PJWqAtH
to terms with how to handle this. Is any reminder needed that we are on a mission?109Please respect copyright.PENANACeYP0X21bp
Acting on secrecy?”109Please respect copyright.PENANAhZxCNb2S6W
“Celle is right.” Deena took up the word “I guess we cannot proceed without109Please respect copyright.PENANAx5E2ZYHndy
addressing this.”109Please respect copyright.PENANAKFAWkJwSpa
“Why are you here?” Celle persisted...109Please respect copyright.PENANAHG48aQXzpG
“Red can often be found here.” Deena looked at Dhanel Marce as if asking109Please respect copyright.PENANAQIvddeVyiY
permission to proceed with every word offered “He is originally from this town and109Please respect copyright.PENANAa8DHBEZNFe
more often than not, he comes here to walk these empty streets, so us finding him here109Please respect copyright.PENANA0kevJ2hNdZ
tonight is not that out of the ordinary nor coincidental. Ever since tragedy befell this109Please respect copyright.PENANAZtuSaO9KLy
place he has been coming here, and none of us has ever asked, as we could understand109Please respect copyright.PENANA2foO34ipBL
the reason somewhat.”109Please respect copyright.PENANAx4uMSDuzlx
Deena continued reluctantly, as she now looked at the red-haired man “Sometimes109Please respect copyright.PENANA36x4DFC6AB
he would disappear for days and in the end, we would always find him here when duty109Please respect copyright.PENANA14zEz4QBC7
called. It is not that uncanny to find him here tonight. I think none of us is all that109Please respect copyright.PENANAkjzY3yrXlu
surprised...”109Please respect copyright.PENANAfqLT5y0Qpi
“Aye, I’ll admit to that.” Harigar Rhim looked at them all, as he scratched the back109Please respect copyright.PENANAOpHVdMKZow
of his head.109Please respect copyright.PENANAe3Bd3eZZb5
“That may be” Celle took a few steps “but there is still the “detail” of the109Please respect copyright.PENANAc7w1RkT6AH
inconspicuously of our presence here, and this man regardless of his past or bond to109Please respect copyright.PENANAAdfhr3ZGtt
any of you, is not with the Hand anymore. He is but a civilian now, and to be treated109Please respect copyright.PENANA9lw2esA89B
as such.”109Please respect copyright.PENANAb0jXGugn1p
“Yeah, that part is also correct,” mumbled Harigar Rhim.109Please respect copyright.PENANAuOPe98QGKL
Dhanel Marce paced back and forth almost like teasing, till he came to a slow stop109Please respect copyright.PENANA7Gevm2frH8
and with his back now turned to all of them he asked: “What would you then suggest109Please respect copyright.PENANAwCLKBRrj7I
Celle?”109Please respect copyright.PENANAw40a3MZpJP
“We are all aware of our instructions; we are not to be seen under any circumstance109Please respect copyright.PENANA0GnceOB4WX
during our stay in this forsaken area, and if such thing comes to pass then those109Please respect copyright.PENANADtEDKBFFZr
unfortunate enough to gaze upon us are to be dealt with. To not be left in any condition109Please respect copyright.PENANAtXi1TMZVqO
where their mouths could tell what their eyes saw. As often must be Sir - the payment109Please respect copyright.PENANALiHDoI6AXH
of few to keep the many safe.”109Please respect copyright.PENANALcAyLEKnbg
“Are you suggesting then that we should take care of Red right here and now?” asks109Please respect copyright.PENANApUbasaFl9x
Harigar Rhim while looking at Dhanel Marce “I doubt he will go down as a civilian,109Please respect copyright.PENANAMMcxHj7ExB
but hey, you have the rank so go on ahead” the black-cloaked swordsman then turns109Please respect copyright.PENANAHLrDLLxqml
his back to Celle and moves closer to Lorian.109Please respect copyright.PENANAJ8kSVdw3cR
“Now this should be something.”109Please respect copyright.PENANAIzc0sIOoiy
“This is ridiculous...” Deena exhales “captain?”109Please respect copyright.PENANANvl8NVqzF7
“Our orders were clear were they not? Perhaps they were orders for me alone to109Please respect copyright.PENANAKgRpN87xXs
carry?” Celle had on her face that typical smug expression of hers, something already109Please respect copyright.PENANAYfG63GW62k
too familiar to all those inhabiting her circle “I will make sure to bring these issues to109Please respect copyright.PENANA7GmN9Fw6vn
his majesty more often.”109Please respect copyright.PENANADsseXWMC33
“You are such a bitch sometimes” Deena spoke openly while Red just stood there,109Please respect copyright.PENANAu0XZuGlYot
in the middle of the whole scene, surrounded by the five, with Dhanel Marce slightly109Please respect copyright.PENANAeT5dWIk3T1
farther away than the rest.109Please respect copyright.PENANAqJILftbO3L
He stood and watched with his feet deeply rooted into that scarred soil, for his eyes109Please respect copyright.PENANA6VOaW5M3UF
alone could do all the necessary movements this moment required.109Please respect copyright.PENANAF8FnhCoI4g
“You used to serve the Hand, yes?” Celle asked, “So you know how it must go.”109Please respect copyright.PENANAKCZSWZYlUx
“Impressive.” Red finally said, “You really gobble up all that kingly shit, don’t you?”109Please respect copyright.PENANA8c0jE0lIMa