Phantom Hollow New direction

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He couldn't let him come out in full. He had been close to it with his last face-to-face with Issun, and look where that got him. And now the only two he thought could keep him in check through strength were gone. Only Mitanni remained, who had changed him. But would he stay that way?

He nodded to her question, staring back at her. "I don't want to hurt anyone. Not again." All the memories of what he had done had stuck by him, and normally he didn't look back. But he did now. All the faces full of fear, all the faces of those that escaped, filled with vengeance. 

"I can't..I don't want to be. But I won't force you to come with me if you don't want to." He looked away from her, secretly hoping she would come with him. He wasn't sure why he hoped that though.