Not really.84Please respect copyright.PENANAk67l19yNma
And that Red, is how we lost Elistia.”84Please respect copyright.PENANAT2T54cGYQm
Red soaked it all in for a short moment, but there was no time for more, as it was84Please respect copyright.PENANAMgAgKftsid
now the turn for Harigar Rhim to interrupt...84Please respect copyright.PENANAhhWna0p5Ru
“Boss!” Dhanel Marce looks at him “We really need to get going now.”84Please respect copyright.PENANAdKqbzsVaLh
... the sky goes white once again... lightning strikes with the most thunderous of84Please respect copyright.PENANAPYVYBoevXW
roars... this time at the very top of the fearful mountain... so hard that they could swear84Please respect copyright.PENANAObs14gwkGV
some pieces of rock were cleaved right of it...84Please respect copyright.PENANAUdN6qhHXJA
“What do you mean get moving?” asked Celle “What about this situation? We are84Please respect copyright.PENANAIlfcQ6W2rx
here brazenly wasting time talking with this riffraff, indulging him instead of coming84Please respect copyright.PENANA6qh0nKKpNT
to terms with how to handle this. Is any reminder needed that we are on a mission?84Please respect copyright.PENANAIwYxDNpExY
Acting on secrecy?”84Please respect copyright.PENANAkfqYRKowEI
“Celle is right.” Deena took up the word “I guess we cannot proceed without84Please respect copyright.PENANACjGYwZNMWU
addressing this.”84Please respect copyright.PENANAgGRrUiKvkK
“Why are you here?” Celle persisted...84Please respect copyright.PENANAd7Y2riS0xw
“Red can often be found here.” Deena looked at Dhanel Marce as if asking84Please respect copyright.PENANA6XfRuMBWQz
permission to proceed with every word offered “He is originally from this town and84Please respect copyright.PENANAlwz18Vm4hj
more often than not, he comes here to walk these empty streets, so us finding him here84Please respect copyright.PENANATpCNJvnFD9
tonight is not that out of the ordinary nor coincidental. Ever since tragedy befell this84Please respect copyright.PENANAcZcnbaraUo
place he has been coming here, and none of us has ever asked, as we could understand84Please respect copyright.PENANAvBLAXsdlEI
the reason somewhat.”84Please respect copyright.PENANAi4Oi71wUMp
Deena continued reluctantly, as she now looked at the red-haired man “Sometimes84Please respect copyright.PENANAtCQycOdGis
he would disappear for days and in the end, we would always find him here when duty84Please respect copyright.PENANAjBOtV6Uazd
called. It is not that uncanny to find him here tonight. I think none of us is all that84Please respect copyright.PENANA4ULzRxloQZ
surprised...”84Please respect copyright.PENANAUQV40KWKIF
“Aye, I’ll admit to that.” Harigar Rhim looked at them all, as he scratched the back84Please respect copyright.PENANAC8AUoiCLwr
of his head.84Please respect copyright.PENANAaBRA7E8odt
“That may be” Celle took a few steps “but there is still the “detail” of the84Please respect copyright.PENANAnfiENKA3u0
inconspicuously of our presence here, and this man regardless of his past or bond to84Please respect copyright.PENANA0dhe1m2Uko
any of you, is not with the Hand anymore. He is but a civilian now, and to be treated84Please respect copyright.PENANAnL4TQx2cM6
as such.”84Please respect copyright.PENANACl7QAPz1yD
“Yeah, that part is also correct,” mumbled Harigar Rhim.84Please respect copyright.PENANAqUKja1lMbl
Dhanel Marce paced back and forth almost like teasing, till he came to a slow stop84Please respect copyright.PENANAjB5kqcCoOl
and with his back now turned to all of them he asked: “What would you then suggest84Please respect copyright.PENANAySeoIJCR7G
Celle?”84Please respect copyright.PENANAE1IMRMymUX
“We are all aware of our instructions; we are not to be seen under any circumstance84Please respect copyright.PENANAbzysH0U422
during our stay in this forsaken area, and if such thing comes to pass then those84Please respect copyright.PENANANF4pdnsdwL
unfortunate enough to gaze upon us are to be dealt with. To not be left in any condition84Please respect copyright.PENANAasJwbG61yb
where their mouths could tell what their eyes saw. As often must be Sir - the payment84Please respect copyright.PENANAf5XvEzDYtj
of few to keep the many safe.”84Please respect copyright.PENANAWvht9h7fxy
“Are you suggesting then that we should take care of Red right here and now?” asks84Please respect copyright.PENANAhzIXqgk3A7
Harigar Rhim while looking at Dhanel Marce “I doubt he will go down as a civilian,84Please respect copyright.PENANAgvgHlkJQKM
but hey, you have the rank so go on ahead” the black-cloaked swordsman then turns84Please respect copyright.PENANA9IgtwnbZtq
his back to Celle and moves closer to Lorian.84Please respect copyright.PENANAgBDKcWR29q
“Now this should be something.”84Please respect copyright.PENANAbcLJ3UWBmp
“This is ridiculous...” Deena exhales “captain?”84Please respect copyright.PENANAmvrpIIlaPE
“Our orders were clear were they not? Perhaps they were orders for me alone to84Please respect copyright.PENANA4VlfiBiYgY
carry?” Celle had on her face that typical smug expression of hers, something already84Please respect copyright.PENANA9E7XZrVzcc
too familiar to all those inhabiting her circle “I will make sure to bring these issues to84Please respect copyright.PENANA32RJ3sSg3n
his majesty more often.”84Please respect copyright.PENANAs8HTU7pVj1
“You are such a bitch sometimes” Deena spoke openly while Red just stood there,84Please respect copyright.PENANAcy0AXfwFNq
in the middle of the whole scene, surrounded by the five, with Dhanel Marce slightly84Please respect copyright.PENANA3KTJWiHBrn
farther away than the rest.84Please respect copyright.PENANAatdHm0Ch0K
He stood and watched with his feet deeply rooted into that scarred soil, for his eyes84Please respect copyright.PENANAyE3pjbLmty
alone could do all the necessary movements this moment required.84Please respect copyright.PENANAwnVn0nqsJF
“You used to serve the Hand, yes?” Celle asked, “So you know how it must go.”84Please respect copyright.PENANAKT4Jat5Hvb
“Impressive.” Red finally said, “You really gobble up all that kingly shit, don’t you?”84Please respect copyright.PENANA0eD5BIQ8VR