Lion Head Mesa ساخط khasara

Dismissed

Invalidated

Insulted

Worthless

Even the protector couldn't escape the truth. He was lost inside his head as Jawahir tried to salvage the situation. His thinking was too black and white to see past the threat that needed to be dealt with, but too wounded to do anything about it. 

His face went blank, his gaze dull and dead as he stared at the pair, unrecognizable now. He wouldn't even recognize himself if he saw his own reflection. 

At first, he was frozen, but then survival mode took over and it urged him to flee. Sayf turned and disappeared into the shadows. He would wander from the territory without a word to anyone.