Hiding Out

o ( Alright. Day is over. I can rest. )
. o ( I need it. )
<closes eyes>
<opens eyes>
. o ( … )
. o ( Oh. No spirit world. )
. o ( That’s why it’s dark behind my eyes now. )
<nestles under hide>
. o ( Dark in here. Good. )
. o ( Is that light? )
<closes eyes and remembers the Devil leaking into the world through a crack>
<stares at bottom of hide>
‘oh hell’
‘shhh. people sleeping’
. o ( I can do this. )
. o ( It won’t end me. )
. o ( I’ve got people to get back to. )
. o ( Haran. )
. o ( Yehna. )
. o ( My clan. My tribe. )
. o ( Even if I’m exiled. )
. o ( Sartar. )
~ You are not that important.
. o ( Not right now, Lord Eril. I’m busy. )
. o ( I will survive this. )
. o ( I’m changed. That’s fine. )
. o ( Change is a thing I do. )
. o ( But being changed. )
. o ( That was just rude. )
. o ( Even Lord Eril doesn’t do that. )
. o ( He expects me to be better. )
. o ( Better? Different. )
. o ( Better. )
. o ( I want to be sick. )
. o ( Oh. I forgot to eat. )
. o ( Nothing since Cragspider. )
<stares into darkness in horror>
. o ( That was a bad quest. )
. o ( Cragspider wasn’t bad. )
. o ( She gave me a stone. )
. o ( I could see what it did. )
. o ( Before. )
. o ( Is that how eyes should work? )
. o ( If I close mine I’ll see the Devil again. )
. o ( Being born. )
. o ( … )
. o ( But I killed him. )
. o ( I’ve killed him. )
. o ( The walktapus. )
. o ( And the… one who ambushed me. )
. o ( Drazn’k. Only not. )
<changes into a wolf, unexpectedly>