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Not really.118Please respect copyright.PENANAKOi0RDh2UW
And that Red, is how we lost Elistia.”118Please respect copyright.PENANAiEaTXuTDf3
Red soaked it all in for a short moment, but there was no time for more, as it was118Please respect copyright.PENANAljyUMJG73W
now the turn for Harigar Rhim to interrupt...118Please respect copyright.PENANAuKtMvgbbVm
“Boss!” Dhanel Marce looks at him “We really need to get going now.”118Please respect copyright.PENANAVA7qbOarTF
... the sky goes white once again... lightning strikes with the most thunderous of118Please respect copyright.PENANAJjbvQdpc5T
roars... this time at the very top of the fearful mountain... so hard that they could swear118Please respect copyright.PENANAqdhADNxVJY
some pieces of rock were cleaved right of it...118Please respect copyright.PENANAxdIMhDbXeN
“What do you mean get moving?” asked Celle “What about this situation? We are118Please respect copyright.PENANADmS5ubG8uv
here brazenly wasting time talking with this riffraff, indulging him instead of coming118Please respect copyright.PENANAFOzwSqQYpl
to terms with how to handle this. Is any reminder needed that we are on a mission?118Please respect copyright.PENANArrFSHBBMQi
Acting on secrecy?”118Please respect copyright.PENANAc3DUbDnayJ
“Celle is right.” Deena took up the word “I guess we cannot proceed without118Please respect copyright.PENANAX65tKMfNvO
addressing this.”118Please respect copyright.PENANAyw5tl5PEv4
“Why are you here?” Celle persisted...118Please respect copyright.PENANALngvkdxbwP
“Red can often be found here.” Deena looked at Dhanel Marce as if asking118Please respect copyright.PENANAuoH89vuTi8
permission to proceed with every word offered “He is originally from this town and118Please respect copyright.PENANAvSdtZvUyBj
more often than not, he comes here to walk these empty streets, so us finding him here118Please respect copyright.PENANA2uDkUptoTv
tonight is not that out of the ordinary nor coincidental. Ever since tragedy befell this118Please respect copyright.PENANA2qx27E0DrM
place he has been coming here, and none of us has ever asked, as we could understand118Please respect copyright.PENANAh62vlRvWKV
the reason somewhat.”118Please respect copyright.PENANA8UM7i6tyR5
Deena continued reluctantly, as she now looked at the red-haired man “Sometimes118Please respect copyright.PENANA7QWN7ORcYd
he would disappear for days and in the end, we would always find him here when duty118Please respect copyright.PENANAf5K4SeI40W
called. It is not that uncanny to find him here tonight. I think none of us is all that118Please respect copyright.PENANAukdyZxRSHw
surprised...”118Please respect copyright.PENANAwZBBc0RvrM
“Aye, I’ll admit to that.” Harigar Rhim looked at them all, as he scratched the back118Please respect copyright.PENANAjDqzW49g42
of his head.118Please respect copyright.PENANAZK6WFPAdgk
“That may be” Celle took a few steps “but there is still the “detail” of the118Please respect copyright.PENANAoaLHHozpaU
inconspicuously of our presence here, and this man regardless of his past or bond to118Please respect copyright.PENANAEVLkeI7na5
any of you, is not with the Hand anymore. He is but a civilian now, and to be treated118Please respect copyright.PENANAeN8O44NAfy
as such.”118Please respect copyright.PENANApd8t9j9SbT
“Yeah, that part is also correct,” mumbled Harigar Rhim.118Please respect copyright.PENANANCpghoTWxJ
Dhanel Marce paced back and forth almost like teasing, till he came to a slow stop118Please respect copyright.PENANATjeHgV4vsS
and with his back now turned to all of them he asked: “What would you then suggest118Please respect copyright.PENANAfRufrCKYUR
Celle?”118Please respect copyright.PENANAOsGRVCacJE
“We are all aware of our instructions; we are not to be seen under any circumstance118Please respect copyright.PENANASsL7DMwvcP
during our stay in this forsaken area, and if such thing comes to pass then those118Please respect copyright.PENANANDQssgBWvj
unfortunate enough to gaze upon us are to be dealt with. To not be left in any condition118Please respect copyright.PENANAURF2kJtDps
where their mouths could tell what their eyes saw. As often must be Sir - the payment118Please respect copyright.PENANAiynszatV0y
of few to keep the many safe.”118Please respect copyright.PENANAqfjLjj0nuL
“Are you suggesting then that we should take care of Red right here and now?” asks118Please respect copyright.PENANAHw1l3zESzZ
Harigar Rhim while looking at Dhanel Marce “I doubt he will go down as a civilian,118Please respect copyright.PENANAmWKhpvXQ4D
but hey, you have the rank so go on ahead” the black-cloaked swordsman then turns118Please respect copyright.PENANAJnbZPMasdu
his back to Celle and moves closer to Lorian.118Please respect copyright.PENANAyYrj53CVHX
“Now this should be something.”118Please respect copyright.PENANA77nWHCj0wf
“This is ridiculous...” Deena exhales “captain?”118Please respect copyright.PENANAGBnlxCHN0l
“Our orders were clear were they not? Perhaps they were orders for me alone to118Please respect copyright.PENANA2AWvk8X3Pi
carry?” Celle had on her face that typical smug expression of hers, something already118Please respect copyright.PENANANSmtMckiQk
too familiar to all those inhabiting her circle “I will make sure to bring these issues to118Please respect copyright.PENANATVrQH1Af9M
his majesty more often.”118Please respect copyright.PENANAaFOH3Q8BCd
“You are such a bitch sometimes” Deena spoke openly while Red just stood there,118Please respect copyright.PENANA1y8e0pvZVa
in the middle of the whole scene, surrounded by the five, with Dhanel Marce slightly118Please respect copyright.PENANAuG2PJCDM7y
farther away than the rest.118Please respect copyright.PENANA2plkOimSvZ
He stood and watched with his feet deeply rooted into that scarred soil, for his eyes118Please respect copyright.PENANA2pwG0zQBEu
alone could do all the necessary movements this moment required.118Please respect copyright.PENANAMiQmev0wvk
“You used to serve the Hand, yes?” Celle asked, “So you know how it must go.”118Please respect copyright.PENANARL3yfWUSjr
“Impressive.” Red finally said, “You really gobble up all that kingly shit, don’t you?”118Please respect copyright.PENANA1cyx8vj37L