{"id":3420,"date":"2017-11-24T00:00:50","date_gmt":"2017-11-24T05:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=3420"},"modified":"2017-11-23T18:06:51","modified_gmt":"2017-11-23T23:06:51","slug":"twenty-seven-02-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=3420","title":{"rendered":"Twenty-seven – 02"},"content":{"rendered":"

[This post is from Marin’s point of view.]<\/em><\/p>\n

I stared at him, knowing that shock was written all over my face. I clambered down from the wall quickly and he shook his head slightly, staring at me with crossed arms and a smile.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re worried,\u201d he surmised.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s what I do,\u201d I said as my boots hit the ground. \u201cYou\u2019re leaving?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWas I lying about there being work to do?\u201d He just regarded me with a faint smile. He\u2019d changed since he\u2019d come to us, but I suppose that was true of a lot of people. Somehow, he seemed happier, though, which felt like something that really mattered\u2014mattered a lot. Maybe we\u2019d given him back something he\u2019d lost a long time ago.<\/p>\n

We seemed to do that<\/em> for people, too, no matter what we cost them.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, I guess not,\u201d I said, then exhaled. \u201cWhere are you going to go?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSurprisingly enough, not far,\u201d he said, letting his hands drop. He glanced up toward the sky. \u201cI need to figure out the lay of the land and I may well be your best chance of that, I think.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat are you talking about?\u201d<\/p>\n

Cariocecus shrugged with one shoulder. \u201cWho\u2019s still out there, who might be hunting, where they are\u2014what their weaknesses are. You know. Keep my promise to you all to help.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cKeeping your promise nearly killed you,\u201d I said softly.<\/p>\n

\u201cStill,\u201d he said. \u201cAn oath made is an oath kept, Seer. At least for me. I\u2019ve watched one too many double-crosses happen in this past year, all the ones I\u2019ve seen in a thousand lifetimes notwithstanding. I\u2019m not stupid enough to cross you and yours, not with your track record\u2014and mine. I\u2019ll be back, probably a week or two, maybe three.\u201d<\/p>\n

My mouth was dry. Words weren\u2019t coming. \u201cDon\u2019t disappoint me,\u201d I managed to say in a whisper.<\/p>\n

Cariocecus smiled and inclined his head. \u201cI\u2019ll aim not to, my lady.\u201d He executed a courtly bow and turned to the gate, walking silently through it and out toward what was left of the road. I watched him go, my throat strangely tight.<\/p>\n

He would be back\u2014I knew he would be. I didn\u2019t need to see it to know.<\/p>\n

I watched him until he vanished from sight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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