Are
Words. There was little control to the flow of his native tongue, words coming in dribs and drabs as his mind slipped. Concepts for him so obvious it was as much fact as anything tangible lost on other people. It took time to adjust to being alone in one's world, but a glimmer of hope that there might be common ground was enough for the cobbler to not leave the drunkard to himself.
"Hel it is then." Are remarked. Voice dry and tired, tired of having facts as clear as the ground being down and the sky up refuted by people who had seemed sane at first. Tired of having to nod along as maniacs called the whole ordeal natural, incessantly stating that it wasn't a passing. Tired of fearing to speak his mind and be branded a fool, well, that he could manage without speaking as well...
"Hel is not a matter of deserving or not. I am Are, the cobbler, had I been Are the warrior I might have ended up in a better place, maybe not alone, but one do what one can with what's at hand. Death doesn't seem all that bad though, I can work and drink til the world crumbles, or my sanity."
"Boredom comes with familiarity I guess. Father always told me so. Wife too, but I prefer bored and alive too excited and dead. Seems you've got the worst of both, you speak like a warrior though, why are you here?
"Hel it is then." Are remarked. Voice dry and tired, tired of having facts as clear as the ground being down and the sky up refuted by people who had seemed sane at first. Tired of having to nod along as maniacs called the whole ordeal natural, incessantly stating that it wasn't a passing. Tired of fearing to speak his mind and be branded a fool, well, that he could manage without speaking as well...
"Hel is not a matter of deserving or not. I am Are, the cobbler, had I been Are the warrior I might have ended up in a better place, maybe not alone, but one do what one can with what's at hand. Death doesn't seem all that bad though, I can work and drink til the world crumbles, or my sanity."
"Boredom comes with familiarity I guess. Father always told me so. Wife too, but I prefer bored and alive too excited and dead. Seems you've got the worst of both, you speak like a warrior though, why are you here?
