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01-04-2016, 09:27 PM
A S H A M I N
on his own
on his own
The dark stallion's warning, it will hurt, rang in the haruspex's mind. His leg quivered, the shadow cast beneath it became a blurred, thin line. Ashamin looked down at it, black eyes wide as he faced the fear of what was to come. Was Volterra going to kill him? Was he absolutely insane for granting a stranger permission to hurt him like this? Or was he just desperate, trying in vain to do whatever he could to write his wrongs?
The Moon Goddess had given him two options, a choice. He had chosen the path of piece and promptly turned, instead, to violence. Now he would make up for it, now he would punish himself more than he had to. Hotaru's magic had left him with injuries deeper than most he'd had, ones reminiscent of the ones left by Torleik's horns. How would Volterra's earthen spike compare?
And then, the terrifying question: would he even survive it, or was this masked man aiming for Ashamin's heart? With a swallow and a nod, he could only watch. His tail coiled in impatient anticipation, and then...
Pain. It stuck him sharp and red like an arrow through the soul, but he could do nothing but obey its command. His teeth gnashed together and his hind legs stiffened as he relied on their support. He choked on the hurt, tried not to cry out in an attempt to seem tougher than he actually was. Then again, maybe after all this he really was stronger.
His tail snapped and his black eyes locked, cold and determined, with the stallion who wielded such power. He would not ask him to stop, would not beg or plead. Instead, as the blood dripped down the rock and his leg shook with tense anticipation of painful release, he spoke two, terrible words--forced them from betwixt bicolored lips and contorted them into an unfortunate truth.
"Thank you."
@Volterra
(Didn't say the spike went down since you didn't write it but wasn't sure. Thanks for your help!)
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