Not really.116Please respect copyright.PENANAt1XGXfOm5B
And that Red, is how we lost Elistia.”116Please respect copyright.PENANALs9KbMPoC4
Red soaked it all in for a short moment, but there was no time for more, as it was116Please respect copyright.PENANAP7oyb168Nm
now the turn for Harigar Rhim to interrupt...116Please respect copyright.PENANATHJsNLzUfw
“Boss!” Dhanel Marce looks at him “We really need to get going now.”116Please respect copyright.PENANAFUm2CXsBBA
... the sky goes white once again... lightning strikes with the most thunderous of116Please respect copyright.PENANAtLlAI1YGF3
roars... this time at the very top of the fearful mountain... so hard that they could swear116Please respect copyright.PENANAeRpeBwB6pz
some pieces of rock were cleaved right of it...116Please respect copyright.PENANAuPGuLHoKgO
“What do you mean get moving?” asked Celle “What about this situation? We are116Please respect copyright.PENANA25nx9Wy0mA
here brazenly wasting time talking with this riffraff, indulging him instead of coming116Please respect copyright.PENANALqFV2PxnAa
to terms with how to handle this. Is any reminder needed that we are on a mission?116Please respect copyright.PENANArwkbSXKBn1
Acting on secrecy?”116Please respect copyright.PENANAdGtJ0A1Umt
“Celle is right.” Deena took up the word “I guess we cannot proceed without116Please respect copyright.PENANAnYUNidhokw
addressing this.”116Please respect copyright.PENANAdhydzFgP9t
“Why are you here?” Celle persisted...116Please respect copyright.PENANA8qFftOV2RP
“Red can often be found here.” Deena looked at Dhanel Marce as if asking116Please respect copyright.PENANAMq3jBEg7Ty
permission to proceed with every word offered “He is originally from this town and116Please respect copyright.PENANA3TbjT42sfv
more often than not, he comes here to walk these empty streets, so us finding him here116Please respect copyright.PENANAnXOnd2zNsE
tonight is not that out of the ordinary nor coincidental. Ever since tragedy befell this116Please respect copyright.PENANA0ciVq7drmh
place he has been coming here, and none of us has ever asked, as we could understand116Please respect copyright.PENANAd6KRyYzTOI
the reason somewhat.”116Please respect copyright.PENANAypGysVkyhD
Deena continued reluctantly, as she now looked at the red-haired man “Sometimes116Please respect copyright.PENANA6Jzg3raFIw
he would disappear for days and in the end, we would always find him here when duty116Please respect copyright.PENANAD16POUVlEH
called. It is not that uncanny to find him here tonight. I think none of us is all that116Please respect copyright.PENANAxkcayojPuK
surprised...”116Please respect copyright.PENANAXrTpi9ZONd
“Aye, I’ll admit to that.” Harigar Rhim looked at them all, as he scratched the back116Please respect copyright.PENANAt43q3gDhsI
of his head.116Please respect copyright.PENANALdYr5yT32r
“That may be” Celle took a few steps “but there is still the “detail” of the116Please respect copyright.PENANA9SoJ9Abfad
inconspicuously of our presence here, and this man regardless of his past or bond to116Please respect copyright.PENANANyyMgAEpka
any of you, is not with the Hand anymore. He is but a civilian now, and to be treated116Please respect copyright.PENANAqTmGXosq0G
as such.”116Please respect copyright.PENANAeFZdjj8K6t
“Yeah, that part is also correct,” mumbled Harigar Rhim.116Please respect copyright.PENANAy7wl7vBPRz
Dhanel Marce paced back and forth almost like teasing, till he came to a slow stop116Please respect copyright.PENANAa9SZ5WlgS1
and with his back now turned to all of them he asked: “What would you then suggest116Please respect copyright.PENANAcKVrdrG6ET
Celle?”116Please respect copyright.PENANAd8nZwC3Bid
“We are all aware of our instructions; we are not to be seen under any circumstance116Please respect copyright.PENANAgE0JZkGUS6
during our stay in this forsaken area, and if such thing comes to pass then those116Please respect copyright.PENANArN9JlMHP47
unfortunate enough to gaze upon us are to be dealt with. To not be left in any condition116Please respect copyright.PENANAv0pzKDB9Ep
where their mouths could tell what their eyes saw. As often must be Sir - the payment116Please respect copyright.PENANAEF3NvBm4jN
of few to keep the many safe.”116Please respect copyright.PENANAAsxd3HrWOm
“Are you suggesting then that we should take care of Red right here and now?” asks116Please respect copyright.PENANAWnIqMRTbjV
Harigar Rhim while looking at Dhanel Marce “I doubt he will go down as a civilian,116Please respect copyright.PENANAsuwmMVQshw
but hey, you have the rank so go on ahead” the black-cloaked swordsman then turns116Please respect copyright.PENANAi2Z3fduxnJ
his back to Celle and moves closer to Lorian.116Please respect copyright.PENANA7faorCBzZD
“Now this should be something.”116Please respect copyright.PENANAWRSETPqor4
“This is ridiculous...” Deena exhales “captain?”116Please respect copyright.PENANAmNFRczd6fi
“Our orders were clear were they not? Perhaps they were orders for me alone to116Please respect copyright.PENANAZ6liuTjoo3
carry?” Celle had on her face that typical smug expression of hers, something already116Please respect copyright.PENANAMegfbouWSY
too familiar to all those inhabiting her circle “I will make sure to bring these issues to116Please respect copyright.PENANA0wvaE1IH7L
his majesty more often.”116Please respect copyright.PENANAx6HEoUPBSa
“You are such a bitch sometimes” Deena spoke openly while Red just stood there,116Please respect copyright.PENANAmFBdDZRPXN
in the middle of the whole scene, surrounded by the five, with Dhanel Marce slightly116Please respect copyright.PENANA1oR1Cn4baR
farther away than the rest.116Please respect copyright.PENANAzdlJ5wRI2I
He stood and watched with his feet deeply rooted into that scarred soil, for his eyes116Please respect copyright.PENANAS7v6UByXLC
alone could do all the necessary movements this moment required.116Please respect copyright.PENANA2d25O1C5rK
“You used to serve the Hand, yes?” Celle asked, “So you know how it must go.”116Please respect copyright.PENANAZtBEkp8fHD
“Impressive.” Red finally said, “You really gobble up all that kingly shit, don’t you?”116Please respect copyright.PENANAjRuLR7nqm6