said.
"Would you rather I was missing some other body part?"
"Yeah," Nafury grunted in an unserious tone and jumped down to the deck. "Like...everything."
"I did it!" Ubi squealed as she ran back to Nafury.
"Not bad at all for a first try," he said and patted her head once. "Tomorrow we work on basic lifelines. Or lack thereof." He didn't need to look at Xirel to make it clear he was referring to him.
"Alright. I'm gonna catch a nap," Ubi said and headed off.
"A nap? Just how much shopping did you guys do?" Nafury asked in concern as he watched her go below deck. He had never seen her go to sleep without a fight till now.
Xirel was rubbing his shirt now, as if to remove something invisible.
"You going to be alright?" Nafury asked. "We're surrounded by cold water if you need some."
Xirel realized what he was doing and stopped. Ignoring Nafury's comment he said,"I hope you don't have any extended plans for our visit to the Torian Continent...?"
"I promised our lady Fay a castle. I intend to keep my promise."
"So certain of your strength already?" Xirel asked. "It is still several hundred dragons against one berserker."
"I never said that I wouldn't appreciate some help, particularly as she just wants to see it." Nafury ran his hand through his hair then to brush back some of the worries that had yet to catch up to his thoughts.
TWELVE
Nafury found Ubi already fast asleep on a hammock below deck. He decided to sit down next to her. He used to be able to see into the future through his own Dreams, but it was something he had lost since loosing Daath. A part of him wondered if the demon had taken that ability of his into oblivion. Now he pondered trespassing into Ubi's mind. He was curious to what she saw. Fay were supposed to be able to see both the past and future. As a dark Fay, she likely could see the future best. He made up his mind and closed his eyes, then used his psi to find where Ubi's thoughts might have wandered off to.
He wandered through several foggy scenes for a while. Eventually, he found Ubi sitting before a screen of images.
We have confirmed, the attack on Central is centered around what appears to be a dragon. Authorities are working with the army on just how to take down the creature that is causing unprecedented chaos downtown.
Nafury watched the image of himself on the screen as he was when he was possessed by Daath. He was terrifying.
This just in! Our cameras have spotted a young woman on the rooftop with the monster! She appears to be holding on just barely! Oh no--she has lost her grip!
Screams consumed the air then as the camera followed Sybl's fall. But his sister vanished in a blink of stars before she could collide with the ground. Nafury's eyes were already closed. This wasn't the future, but a past he had hoped to never see again.
Ubi turned around and looked at him. He struggled to regain himself as he didn't realize that he had started to cry. She got up and went over to him and hugged him, catching him completely off guard. "I know you didn't kill my mother and that you were possessed by Daath at the time. I forgive you if you tell me that this is true."
Nafury touched her long, dark hair as she pressed her face into his chest. He feared her hot tears would burn his heart right out of him. "I make no excuses for my weakness and inability to keep it from happening. I should be the one who is dead, not your mother. Nothing I do can ever redeem me for what I've done." Ubi pulled away from him and he wiped some of the tears out of her eyes with his cold thumb. "So I don't want you to forgive me, ever. What I do know is that if your mother had known of your existence, she would have turned Earth inside out to find you."
"I know that now," Ubi said. "It's what you almost did. Had she remembered me, she would have likely helped you in its destruction. I can and I will forgive you, but I will never forget what Earth and its Sentry have done to all of us. I don't ever
"Would you rather I was missing some other body part?"
"Yeah," Nafury grunted in an unserious tone and jumped down to the deck. "Like...everything."
"I did it!" Ubi squealed as she ran back to Nafury.
"Not bad at all for a first try," he said and patted her head once. "Tomorrow we work on basic lifelines. Or lack thereof." He didn't need to look at Xirel to make it clear he was referring to him.
"Alright. I'm gonna catch a nap," Ubi said and headed off.
"A nap? Just how much shopping did you guys do?" Nafury asked in concern as he watched her go below deck. He had never seen her go to sleep without a fight till now.
Xirel was rubbing his shirt now, as if to remove something invisible.
"You going to be alright?" Nafury asked. "We're surrounded by cold water if you need some."
Xirel realized what he was doing and stopped. Ignoring Nafury's comment he said,"I hope you don't have any extended plans for our visit to the Torian Continent...?"
"I promised our lady Fay a castle. I intend to keep my promise."
"So certain of your strength already?" Xirel asked. "It is still several hundred dragons against one berserker."
"I never said that I wouldn't appreciate some help, particularly as she just wants to see it." Nafury ran his hand through his hair then to brush back some of the worries that had yet to catch up to his thoughts.
TWELVE
Nafury found Ubi already fast asleep on a hammock below deck. He decided to sit down next to her. He used to be able to see into the future through his own Dreams, but it was something he had lost since loosing Daath. A part of him wondered if the demon had taken that ability of his into oblivion. Now he pondered trespassing into Ubi's mind. He was curious to what she saw. Fay were supposed to be able to see both the past and future. As a dark Fay, she likely could see the future best. He made up his mind and closed his eyes, then used his psi to find where Ubi's thoughts might have wandered off to.
He wandered through several foggy scenes for a while. Eventually, he found Ubi sitting before a screen of images.
We have confirmed, the attack on Central is centered around what appears to be a dragon. Authorities are working with the army on just how to take down the creature that is causing unprecedented chaos downtown.
Nafury watched the image of himself on the screen as he was when he was possessed by Daath. He was terrifying.
This just in! Our cameras have spotted a young woman on the rooftop with the monster! She appears to be holding on just barely! Oh no--she has lost her grip!
Screams consumed the air then as the camera followed Sybl's fall. But his sister vanished in a blink of stars before she could collide with the ground. Nafury's eyes were already closed. This wasn't the future, but a past he had hoped to never see again.
Ubi turned around and looked at him. He struggled to regain himself as he didn't realize that he had started to cry. She got up and went over to him and hugged him, catching him completely off guard. "I know you didn't kill my mother and that you were possessed by Daath at the time. I forgive you if you tell me that this is true."
Nafury touched her long, dark hair as she pressed her face into his chest. He feared her hot tears would burn his heart right out of him. "I make no excuses for my weakness and inability to keep it from happening. I should be the one who is dead, not your mother. Nothing I do can ever redeem me for what I've done." Ubi pulled away from him and he wiped some of the tears out of her eyes with his cold thumb. "So I don't want you to forgive me, ever. What I do know is that if your mother had known of your existence, she would have turned Earth inside out to find you."
"I know that now," Ubi said. "It's what you almost did. Had she remembered me, she would have likely helped you in its destruction. I can and I will forgive you, but I will never forget what Earth and its Sentry have done to all of us. I don't ever
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