Arrow Lake velut

germanicus wanted ramesses to die.

it felt that that the man was the the heart of every pain.

and now he had lost arsenio.

guardian. soldier. warrior. he turned and saw siku near. siku, with the breadth of his father but the open gaze of a boy so young. siku, who represented another failure.

the eagle let go his breath. he stared at the wraith and then to the bird caught by the boy.

he was learning. he was thriving outside of mereo. perhaps arsenio had been correct. perhaps the mountains where were men came to give up and to die.

germanicus said nothing, heart already racing for the rolling open land beneath the mountain.