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<blockquote data-quote="Qwillion" data-source="post: 2996378" data-attributes="member: 14641"><p><strong>chapter I: Harbingers; Scene III: Time, Pestilence and Death</strong></p><p></p><p><em>“..Look for something, find something else, and realize that what you've found is more suited to your needs than what you thought you were looking for.” </em> It is the woman’s voice, soft and almost breathy in its tone.</p><p></p><p><em>“Stagrubbish, Exemplar or no Exemplar, I won’t blasted have it, the boy gets a damned choice.” </em> My head starts to clear as the old man spouts another curse under his breath that I do not catch. My leg is a batch of white-hot pain.</p><p></p><p>The woman quips back with a hint of humor and regret. <em>“When you fall in deep water, you have two choices: swim or drown.”</em></p><p></p><p>I do not plan to choose to drown in the Deepspring of Ruinark, broken leg or not. <em>“Welcome back to the waking world young ender, you throw a rock like a true scat-pitcher, knocked the witch out clean.” </em> I open my eyes and see a white-bright smile standing out from a stark black face, the smile reaching the very nature of his eyes. <em> “Now don’t you try and loving stand, I didn’t go to the trouble of not breaking your knee for you to ragging fall down and break your fool neck. First, we did not kill Fidus; we counted him a friend. He found us and guided us here. Second, the rutting imperium killed him because he just happened to be with us. Third, they call me Swanur and my raving mad companion is called Adara.”</em> Adara turns and looks at Swanur as if seeing him for the first time when he calls her name. She is alluring, even covered in mud. Her eyes hold something more than any girl I have ever known. Not a girl, a woman, there is no hint of age, only maturity. <em>“Third, what be your name ender and how close to the village are we?” </em> Swanur seemed more interested in the answer to the latter and the former seemed a courtesy. Adara seemed intent upon my first answer as I spoke.</p><p></p><p><em>“Victor.” </em> They give no surnames so I did not give mine; Adara then looked away and seemed to ponder my answer.</p><p></p><p><em>“We are only half a league from Civ’s End.” </em> Adara spoke in a soft-addled tone <em>“Yes Fidus”</em> she said looking at my friend’s corpse <em>“Here civilization ends and barbarism begins. I hope your friend will join us.”</em> The woman spoke to Fidus’s corpse, carried him around, spoke as if giving instruction, and looked at everything as if seeing it for the first time. <em>“Heaven’s mercy! She is Lost in the Grace!”</em></p><p></p><p>Suddenly my rage is gone, and I cannot find my grief. I am at the mercy of a diseased madwoman and an angry old cripple with nothing to defend myself with but the good will of my dead friend, whose apparent good will got him killed. I do not think I have ever really known fear for my life until now. I mean I was afraid of my father’s disappointment and my mother’s tears but now I am afraid that I will never know that fear again. I hope I will see my mother and father one last time. As I passed into unconsciousness again, Adara said <em>“ Time, Pestilence and Death, These Harbingers Three by grace, come unto thee” </em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Qwillion, post: 2996378, member: 14641"] [b]chapter I: Harbingers; Scene III: Time, Pestilence and Death[/b] [I]“..Look for something, find something else, and realize that what you've found is more suited to your needs than what you thought you were looking for.” [/I] It is the woman’s voice, soft and almost breathy in its tone. [I]“Stagrubbish, Exemplar or no Exemplar, I won’t blasted have it, the boy gets a damned choice.” [/I] My head starts to clear as the old man spouts another curse under his breath that I do not catch. My leg is a batch of white-hot pain. The woman quips back with a hint of humor and regret. [I]“When you fall in deep water, you have two choices: swim or drown.”[/I] I do not plan to choose to drown in the Deepspring of Ruinark, broken leg or not. [I]“Welcome back to the waking world young ender, you throw a rock like a true scat-pitcher, knocked the witch out clean.” [/I] I open my eyes and see a white-bright smile standing out from a stark black face, the smile reaching the very nature of his eyes. [I] “Now don’t you try and loving stand, I didn’t go to the trouble of not breaking your knee for you to ragging fall down and break your fool neck. First, we did not kill Fidus; we counted him a friend. He found us and guided us here. Second, the rutting imperium killed him because he just happened to be with us. Third, they call me Swanur and my raving mad companion is called Adara.”[/I] Adara turns and looks at Swanur as if seeing him for the first time when he calls her name. She is alluring, even covered in mud. Her eyes hold something more than any girl I have ever known. Not a girl, a woman, there is no hint of age, only maturity. [I]“Third, what be your name ender and how close to the village are we?” [/I] Swanur seemed more interested in the answer to the latter and the former seemed a courtesy. Adara seemed intent upon my first answer as I spoke. [I]“Victor.” [/I] They give no surnames so I did not give mine; Adara then looked away and seemed to ponder my answer. [I]“We are only half a league from Civ’s End.” [/I] Adara spoke in a soft-addled tone [I]“Yes Fidus”[/I] she said looking at my friend’s corpse [I]“Here civilization ends and barbarism begins. I hope your friend will join us.”[/I] The woman spoke to Fidus’s corpse, carried him around, spoke as if giving instruction, and looked at everything as if seeing it for the first time. [I]“Heaven’s mercy! She is Lost in the Grace!”[/I] Suddenly my rage is gone, and I cannot find my grief. I am at the mercy of a diseased madwoman and an angry old cripple with nothing to defend myself with but the good will of my dead friend, whose apparent good will got him killed. I do not think I have ever really known fear for my life until now. I mean I was afraid of my father’s disappointment and my mother’s tears but now I am afraid that I will never know that fear again. I hope I will see my mother and father one last time. As I passed into unconsciousness again, Adara said [I]“ Time, Pestilence and Death, These Harbingers Three by grace, come unto thee” [/I] [/QUOTE]
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