Snippet #981297

Xeroux stroked the girls hair as she cringed in nightmares, unable to wake herself from the hells she was going through. he couldn't begin to imagine the pain wrenching her soul. The loss of her entire village, the rape of her mother the night before, maybe an older sister...her father killed for trying to protect his family. Maybe a brother or two killed in the fall. The list of horrors would go on, seemingly until every member of the village was accounted for. She must have known them all...

He watched as the ship flew through space, stars lighting up the darkness, like glittering specks of hope. "No matter how dark, the light will always shine though..." he whispered. The girl scooting closer, drawn by the cold the metal armor was giving off. He had forgotten that he could undress into regular clothes, at least for a few hours, the armor just felt natural now, after wearing it for close to two days straight.


He looked up as Jove walked into the room and flashed him a small smile. "Don't worry, she wasn't hurt to bad, just a few scrapes and bruises...She was awake long enough to tell me her name though...in our language, it's Lauren...and she's not as young as she looked either...she's 14."

He looked down to see he pink eyes half open, looking around the room. She rubbed them gently, looking up at Jove, then Xeroux.

"Hi there..." He said, knowing she wouldn't understand him. He didn't want to show Jove just how much he knew, a few simple phrases were enough for a Blue knight. Just enough to develop a strategy with the locals...at least that what he was taught at the academy, but he'd taken it a step further and learned as many different languages as he could. Being a tactician, he felt both paths of Blue and Green Knights were intertwined, diplomacy was an effective strategy in many cases, and should always be the first. The wounds she did have, he was grateful they were small, anything bigger and Jove might wonder how he could have treated them.

"Maybe you can learn more about her? Perhaps teach her our language? Not now obviously..." He thought about it, and the situation they were in leaked back into reality. "Oh, wait...never mind...she'll only be with us for a few hours. Who knows what'll happen..." He looked down into her innocent eyes and felt a lump build in his throat.

"Be right back okay?" He said with a smile as he stood up, walking over to Jove. "Maybe we can talk outside?"