Snippet #2694771

He was coming around felling his consciousness come back to him along with some noises that he almost recognized and then the feeling of being weightless of falling "am I dying?" he thought before everything was expelled from his body along with what little air was in his lungs when pain spread from his back while careful hands positioned him to lay on his back, his mind evade him for a while but something keep telling him to wake up, a voice was it Mavis but how... and then she slapped him, hard enough that his abused brain shouted in anger and sent through him a doses of adrenaline that served to fully recover his consciousness and not before another receiving slap he spoke "Relax... relax Mavis, can't a man take a nap" opening his eyes and slowly rising he winced a little from his wounded back "It's great to see you Guard Master I was actually looking for you before...Julien..." a quick glance to the tree and the surroundings confirmed there was no sing of Julien nor the wagon "That treacherous bastard, he has fully developed into a monster fitted for that bitch, which reminds me"

Standing up completely although a little out of it yet he noticed the young Shadow child besides Mavis and with directing a nod towards him "Good to see you soldier did The Captain send you here? Is she on her way? Have you talked to her Mavis? I have to tell her about what I heard in the city" turning to the sky to make a quick judge of how much time he was uncounted for, the moon had barely moved so it couldn’t be more than a few minutes turning back to look at the forest he decided on a lesser used route one that was hidden from the city giving them more protection and probably easier since he didn't truly trusted his balanced yet, with the wagon practically running him over and the blow to his head it was better to avoid his usual paths home through the thicket and the tall branches, allowing his mind to reflect for a second on the fact that their ex comrade appeared to be a sick and twisted monster but during their fight acted almost friendly playful even and he didn't really attacked Frere even when render unconscious Julien didn't killed Frere, but this thoughts were put aside when the rain started to fall on his face, bringing him to a more present matter. Turning his gaze back to Mavis he went to her and quickly but firmly embraced her "thank you is not even close to enough for what you just did but it must suffice... for now so thank you Crazy-appleas fast as he hugged her he let her go saying the last part as barely a whisper as his nicknames for his family where not always popular "Now I don't want to chance breaking the neck you just saved freerunning through the forest so I'm going to take an easier route, will you two accompany me, Guard Captain let's go back to our family this night just started"

With a kind smile back on his face even if his thought were plagued with urgency, he set down through a less used side of the forest or maybe not so less used as he thought. Maybe a mile from the large willow a weird set of branches forming a structure of sorts appeared on his vision, a structure he would have missed as if not for his attention being so focused on his surroundings and any surprises they may hide, he noted it for future checking as it would be a great place to hide and continued ahead almost dismissing it if not for a sound, something different than the rain or their footsteps, the sharpness on his gaze now equalled by the sharpness of his old poniard now resting on his hold...