Are
Like he did what seemed like not more than a few minutes ago, his heart sunk. Out of all the things the strange man had said, unknown places, people, and guilds, only one thing stuck to his panicked mind.The only one. No one else. Alone. The thoughts echoed through his head, shattering the fragile little house of sticks and lies he’d just finished. Are felt as if his veins filled with ice, but his mind kept spinning. More and more ideas, wild and farfetched, added to the maelstrom in his head.
A deep sigh helped clear things, focus on what little he knew and had. Pendant, shoes and knife. All he needed. Right, the knife. From the ground he plucked the short blade, wiped it on his soggy sleeve and ushered it back to its sheathe. ”Sorry, I was startled, I mean no harm.” he said, voice not yet settled from the rush of being thrown into existence. Finally finding his manners, Are mirrored the slight bow and cleared his throat. ”It can wait. I will find her. Eventually…” muttering the last word more to himself than to Jigano, he looked upon the stranger again. Details previously lost to his clouded mind made Are chew the inside of his cheek and again tense up.
"Yes, I walk with you." he stated curtly, nodded and scanned the horizon. ”Say, what does one do after death? Am I just to wander alone, or do we have a purpose? Are you a guide of sorts?” the questions came quicker now that Are had become numb to the absurdity of the situation. Dead, talking to a peculiar stranger with clothes as strange as the creature on his shoulder. Could’ve been worse, could’ve been gone forever.
A deep sigh helped clear things, focus on what little he knew and had. Pendant, shoes and knife. All he needed. Right, the knife. From the ground he plucked the short blade, wiped it on his soggy sleeve and ushered it back to its sheathe. ”Sorry, I was startled, I mean no harm.” he said, voice not yet settled from the rush of being thrown into existence. Finally finding his manners, Are mirrored the slight bow and cleared his throat. ”It can wait. I will find her. Eventually…” muttering the last word more to himself than to Jigano, he looked upon the stranger again. Details previously lost to his clouded mind made Are chew the inside of his cheek and again tense up.
"Yes, I walk with you." he stated curtly, nodded and scanned the horizon. ”Say, what does one do after death? Am I just to wander alone, or do we have a purpose? Are you a guide of sorts?” the questions came quicker now that Are had become numb to the absurdity of the situation. Dead, talking to a peculiar stranger with clothes as strange as the creature on his shoulder. Could’ve been worse, could’ve been gone forever.
