Snippet #1527460

Horris sighed, regretting taking out his frustration on this poor creature who probably wasn't even present in some way at the conflict. He stopped, looking at the poor girl and leaning against a tree, wondering what to say. "I apologize... I did not mean to put this all on you... you seem like a nice one, those things were not right of me to say." He wanted to know of some way to help the girl stop crying, "We were the ones to first fire, and you did not kill one of us. Each of those men, however hard the loss was to take, all of them knew what they were getting..." He stopped and had to set her down for a bit but he was careful to put her down lightly, and he said, "Shit, Mr. Icheru... You never did know what you were getting into..." he doubled over, hitting the tree with his fist and then slowly standing up. "Fuck... Most of us came here prepared and knowledgeable to what we were getting into... most of us meaning those with moderate military training and ranking. Mr. Icheru was not part of the military, and so he had no idea that you existed or that there was even any threat to his well being; we sent him in there fucking blind". Horris turned to her and looked at her straight in the eyes, "None of this mess is your fault... it may be ours, it may be the theirs", he says pointing to the distant pond where the mermen were starting to look to see why he was taking so long, "it may even be that 'April' character's fault, but none of it is yours." He slowly reaches down and lifts her up again, continuing to look into her eyes as he walks on. "That is why I am doing this, because you and your children don't deserve to be part of this conflict. I will be requesting help from you to locate Mr. Icheru, but you don't need to feel an obligation to do so even if those two should", he says, nudging towards the mermen again. Then his expression turned grave, and he said, "I see you also noticed the missing nymph... I had when I first was able to escape, and it worries me. I told you before that we had been trained to know of the dangers this place holds right? Well these 'nymph' characters... I think if we are right, you and I both know Mr. Icheru would probably be better off dead." He then looks forward toward the pool again, giving May a chance to reply even if he isn't waiting for one.