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“I’ve gone all these long way to induce you to my stepfather’s place. Ay, I saved you, I nearly caught by the soldiers for that, and you have saved me, these was just because I try to walk you to that place. Hell, I killed my father！And you made me so. How was that feeling Just imagine, huh! Talking about forget About forgive I never talk revenge to you, ‘cause I’m living on that every second, revenge is my name. But now I must kill you in this desert! I must have that blood payed now! Now, no more waiting. No more pretending, ha! Hahahahaaaaa”
He was faster than he his wound seemed to effect, positive things anyway. I threw my weapon, a thick wooden stick. I shut my mouth tightly.
“Whatever now, you have me. Whatever you like.” He gruntled.
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“No! No!” I heard him groaning like a wild wolf alone. I had my wounds reopen and stomach rushing as I did that attack on him and struggle while he struck back. I hold my breath to spit those former and final words as a curse so I hope they can be real as the temperature, while my mind wondering.
Roaring, cursing, shouting, hands at my throat tightened and tightened. Well, my heart hoped him not spending all strengh on anger, that my labor should be meaningless.
Then he stopped, everything went silent, evening of desert is still hot but dark, stars were weak and still, like they were prisoners of the sky. Then I heard his voice, grim like reading a stranger’s funeral eulogy. “You were the only brother of my whole life, but you are a dead man now. Yet you shall answer these questions. On those midnight actions, no wonder our enemies noticed us. Did you spy on me” His words crushed my face as the sand in the wind. “Yes! Always!” Blood came to my throat and suddenly a strange whelm of sarcastic feeling like being tickled came around, I nearly giggled as this was totally a joke. But I forced myself to look like some trained killer. “Good, you were talented. ……you asked for that position” I waked up with a shake of his hand, and noticed I had been out with my eyes open, staring into him, but meanwhile missed his question. But I wanted this ended quickly. “Yes! Yes!” I said impatiently. I closed my eyes. Daring not looking into him how, I feared been seen through, even that he couldn’t see. “So from the beginning you saved me in the river also because of your plan” My mind is in a mist by then, only the body shaken and hung in his hand told me it hadn’t over yet. The final hit now, be quick, final one. “You’re wrong, you suppose we insidious as you Your family stale the crown and your head is wanted by everyone. We were doing…… everyone …… err ……”
I hit the ground heavily, opening eyes instinctively and only saw his boots, so heavy, so familiar, and the desert, so wide, dunes after dunes. All the good wishes then, in the place of a good farewell, so heavy, but you can make it, you can leave——alone. Do not trust anyone any emotion anymore.
I suddenly opened my eyes like being lifted out of sea. Saved! What a luck. Then I grossed as I saw the figure at the table. He turned and moved to me, for a moment I made no sound or movement at all, but he seemed so sure, he reached for my hand and said “You are awake. How do you feel” I tried to pretend dead, yet he stayed still. Giving up and trying to talk, my throat suddenly felt like a desert and made no voice. So I grabbed his hand back, a bit weakly bitterly.
He turned to the table, I waited. Then he turned again with water, I drank like a horse. “You know how The man I turned away at the giant stone went back for us and he has walked that desert before. He was a long ranger and even had a horse.” “Good then.” My voice was like sand and stone, and I dared not look into him once again, in spite of he cannot see. “And you know how he came back” I only shook my head, that was not right. “I caught up with him and asked him.” “You.” I chocked immediately, “You” He hugged me and fondled my back to stop the cough, before I couldn’t say anything. He continued, “And you know why I convince him to come back You bustard. When my brother was ready to stand between me and death, why wouldn’t I turn my back on pride in case my brother had turned his back on life Though I didn’t fully notice what gift for imagination you’ve got, huh, performance artist”
I was already a sculpture. Stupid, stupid, he might find out, damn it, he found out. Leave me alone and die is better. “What, what are you saying” “Nothing.”
Feeling my stiffness, he let go, sit back some inches, and changed expression, seriously he addressed, “What you said were the last words I wanted to hear, both because what they meant and the purpose of death inside. For the second part I have solved it by now, and the first part, I chose not to believe you. But these are all my own decisions, so there’s a dagger under your pillow, go as you wish. His cemetery is right behind this cabin, not far. Do it now.” He even closed his hands on his ears to block sound. “So I’m both deaf and blind now, no suspicion.”
I reached out to hug him back, and felt his repressed quiver. “Boy, you’ve got a big gift for imagination as well.”
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