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06-17-2015, 11:50 AM
A part of him was delighted that she took the bait and retorted with almost as much venom. He wasn't sure what he would have done if she'd been all stoic and patient with him, but this, this was brilliant. The other part, the one that was spitting with fury at being talked back to, pulled no punches as he drew breath and retorted. Oh, right now Cathun wanted to squash this obnoxious little bitch, trample her wise ass into the ground!
"I don't want anything from those withered old bats!" he protested vehemently, eyes flashing at the very thought of bowing his neck to a god - any god. "I owe them nothing, I just want to be left alone! Hell, if I'd been left alone from the start then I wouldn't be in this bloody fucking mess in the first place!"
He drew up close to her, invaded her space until his chest was all but pressed up at hers, and the voice vibrated with intensity as he glared down at her from his superior height.
"Let me tell you what a god did to me, girl" he hissed. "When my mother was dying I asked for their help, begged them to spare her life. I said I'd give them anything, do whatever they wanted. I bowed and cowed and trembled, and you know what they did? "
He took a breath, trembling now with pent up fury - and the agony of the memories that came flooding, visions he had worked all his life to suppress and forget.
"They invaded my mind, took over my body and used my powers to lay waste to the entire land. When I woke up there was nothing left. Nothing except ash and ruins and the stench of burned flesh. Oh, their temple was still standing alright, and their priests were alive, but everyone I ever cared for was gone. And mom? She lay dead before my feet."
They spared her, the wretched demon had laughed afterwards, flame spewing from his mouth. She hadn't had to die screaming, set ablaze from the inside out, now had she? Able to see her son destroy everything, big and strong and healthy too, like she had prayed for.
No, Cathun would never trust any god again, and he would never ask them for help.
"I would never believe them even if they said they could lift the bloody curse. Selfish? Of course I care about myself, who doesn't? Who should I care about other than myself, when everyone around me is a fucking stranger? And let me tell you, respect is something you earn, not something that's to be taken for granted just because someone happens to have lived long or carry a fancy title. So sorry if I'm not bowing my head, because I don't see anyone that's worth more than me."
He gave her a withering look and made to push himself past her, intending to find another way off the peninsula - one that wasn't littered with girls.
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Cathun
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