Eternal
“Planning on turning this place in an orphanage and calling it Uncle Shadow’s shelter for lost girls?” Dendrin mocks. You knew this was coming.
“I’m really in no mood, you know.” You reply.
“Oh you’re always in a mood. Just never a fun one.”
“Well get your jabs in now and get it over with, I know you want to.”
“I’m sure I don’t know what you’re talking about. If you think I’m going to make fun of you and this situation you’ve misjudged me as usual. On the contrary, I think it’s very brave of you to take on such an unfamiliar responsibility at your age.”
“I wasn’t left with much choice, now was I?”
“Sure you were, you could’ve just left the girl to die along with her mother. You didn’t though, I imagine for several reasons. Such as your not so secret need for living mortal company, or your dormant paternal instinct that apparently has gotten stronger in your later years. Even I didn’t see that one coming until you took in this girl’s mother a decade ago.”
“Yeah… let’s not bring her up right now.”
“My apologies. Anyway this should certainly be fascinating to observe.”
“And there it is, the whole reason for your interest. Something new to view. Glad I can always be a constant source of amusement to you Den.”
“Eternal you’re more than a source of amusement for me and I think you know that. I still believe as I did when I let you live during your shadow indoctrination ceremony that you are destined for important things.”
“Well let me know what those important things are when you find out.”
“It may be that you’re already involved in them.”
Before you can make a retort about Dendrin’s usual vagueness, you wake up.
“I’m really in no mood, you know.” You reply.
“Oh you’re always in a mood. Just never a fun one.”
“Well get your jabs in now and get it over with, I know you want to.”
“I’m sure I don’t know what you’re talking about. If you think I’m going to make fun of you and this situation you’ve misjudged me as usual. On the contrary, I think it’s very brave of you to take on such an unfamiliar responsibility at your age.”
“I wasn’t left with much choice, now was I?”
“Sure you were, you could’ve just left the girl to die along with her mother. You didn’t though, I imagine for several reasons. Such as your not so secret need for living mortal company, or your dormant paternal instinct that apparently has gotten stronger in your later years. Even I didn’t see that one coming until you took in this girl’s mother a decade ago.”
“Yeah… let’s not bring her up right now.”
“My apologies. Anyway this should certainly be fascinating to observe.”
“And there it is, the whole reason for your interest. Something new to view. Glad I can always be a constant source of amusement to you Den.”
“Eternal you’re more than a source of amusement for me and I think you know that. I still believe as I did when I let you live during your shadow indoctrination ceremony that you are destined for important things.”
“Well let me know what those important things are when you find out.”
“It may be that you’re already involved in them.”
Before you can make a retort about Dendrin’s usual vagueness, you wake up.