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Vale of the White Horse
Topic Started: 5 Jan 2010, 13:03 (19,358 Views)
Marieke
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The sunlight was suddenly blocked out by the cave and his figure standing in front of her. Essylt cast a wild, frightened look about her. Her heart felt like sinking into a deep lake. 'I...I don't understand at all.'
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Sonja
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'I promised I'd bring you home, and I will, just..not right now. Don't you see, Essylt? With your powers we could get rid of the Romans in Two Lakes, and your family will be safe.' He took her by the shoulders and looked her in the face. She looked desperate, scared... Would that strengthen her powers? She'd said that this had all started when he'd kidnapped her, and now he was doing it again.
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Marieke
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She tried to step back from him, but only met the cave wall against her back. Now that her eyes had adjusted to the gloom inside, she could see his face. He looked blazing, possessed with ideas - she could just see them whirling around behind his eyes. Essylt shook her head. 'I don't see it,' she whispered. 'You must be wrong. I can't do anything with this at all.'
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Sonja
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'We'll find a way,' he said, taking her small hand in his. She trembled. 'I'll help you as much as I can. It'll be all right.'
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Marieke
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'Don't say that!' she gasped, pulling her hand from his grasp. She saw no way past him. If she had, she might have chanced it, even if it meant finding her own way back home. 'What is it you want me to do?'
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Sonja
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'Just that you use your powers against the Romans.' Morcant didn't want to scare her, so he decided to lie a little bit. 'We'll show them something that'll make them piss their toga's, so that they'll leave and never return. Soldiers are a superstitious lot.'
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Marieke
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'It won't work.' Essylt was scared. She wished Cuhelyn had stayed, but now she understood why Morcant had send him away. As she looked at him, she wondered what had fared into him. The hint of insanity made her press against the wall harder.
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Sonja
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'It will, trust me,' he said softly and reached out to stroke her cheek. She reminded him of a small, frightened bird.
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Marieke
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She could turn a leaf into ice. By accident she had healed a minor burn, but under different circumstances the damage on Cuhelyn's arm would have been the same. 'I trusted you with this,' she replied, turning her eyes away.
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Sonja
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'I never said I wouldn't bring you home,' he said icily. He'd tried explaining, but his patience was running out rapidly. 'Because I will, just not right now.'
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Marieke
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'So what will you tell Gwyddien?'
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Sonja
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'That's between me and him.' He turned his back on her and started unpacking their things.
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Marieke
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Essylt slumped down on the ground, staring at him unpacking the things he had gathered this morning, when he had appeared to be - well, kinder to her. 'I can't do this.' She heard how helpless her own voice sounded. 'I went with you to your camp, I did...everything you told me. But I don't think I can do this.'
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Sonja
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'You'll surprise yourself,' he grunted and looked around the small cave. Lighting a fire would be impossible; they'd suffocate. Well, not having a fire never killed anyone.
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Marieke
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She swallowed. Now that the first shock had worn off, her head began to clear. 'You don't know anymore about this than I do,' she said softly. 'It might disappoint you, or what if I...what if I hurt someone with it?'
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Sonja
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He sighed, shaking his head. 'Just don't worry about it. I've a plan and it'll be fine. I promise.'
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Marieke
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'Tell me why I can trust you,' she said, near-crying. She didn't want to, but her heart was still sinking into that dark lake.
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Sonja
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'I already told you, I'm doing this for our people. Please understand, Essylt.' He turned around, squinting in the direction where she sat.
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Marieke
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'I'm trying,' she said, which was all she could give him right now. 'And you believe sacrifices must be made. I'm your sacrifice.'
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Sonja
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'Don't say that, you make it sound like I will allow your death, and that is what I'm trying to prevent.' Morcant got up and walked over to her, kneeling down in front of her.
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Marieke
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'You weren't frightened of me,' she said, looking up. 'What makes you think a whole legion of Romans will be so frightened to retreat after they've seen me?' If the Romans were scared easily, she thought, they would never have gotten so far at all.
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Sonja
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'I've a plan,' he told her. 'It needs some working on still, but I'm pretty sure it will work. And if it doesn't, I promise that I will return you to your parents as soon as possible,' he added.
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Marieke
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Promises, she thought. Perhaps he'd keep this one, unless he thought of another way to use her after a while. Essylt shrugged. 'You know perfectly well that you've got me.'
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Sonja
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'Yes,' he agreed. At least she wasn't crying. He wouldn't have known how to deal with that. 'Are you hungry?'
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Marieke
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'No.'
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Sonja
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Morcant gave her an affectionate pet on the head. 'You'll be home before you know it, I promise.'
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Marieke
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But not this evening. She had anticipated her parent's faces. She had counted on hearing their voicing, saying things of relief, of love and affection. She blinked, and found that there was something hot in her eyes that streamed down her cheeks.
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Sonja
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He'd spoken too soon. Morcant licked his lips, ill at ease. He couldn't think of anything to say or do that would stop her tears from flowing. Instead, he decided to leave her alone and retreated to the other side of the cave.
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Marieke
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After a while, she could rub her eyes and find that they had begun to dry. It was cold now. The sun had set past the trees, casting the cave in earthly, blue shades. She was shivering, she noticed. 'Alright.' It was the first thing she could say after the long silence. 'I'll do this for you. I'll try.' Because she did not believe he'd let her go otherwise. His determination was too powerful.
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Sonja
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'Thank you, Essylt,' he said quietly. He opened the bag with their things and pulled out a blanket. With this in his hands, he walked back to the girl and draped it over his shoulders. 'Get some rest now, you must be tired.' How could he make her understand that he had no choice? He didn't know.
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