Firefly Ravine The Hypostasis of the Archons

Ah, so that was it. Abraham smiled without mirth---but quickly modulated his expression into one of concern.

What is wrong, hieiv?

He appraised Kekoa with new eyes.

Forgive me. I've been speaking of irrelevant things... he trailed off here with a hollow laugh. And you have been silent all this time.

But it was true, that Kekoa seemed reticent and perhaps even jaded for his age. He recalled the girl he had met on the beach, similarly withdrawn, similarly young.

Why would you be cursed?

Abraham believed in many things: the one God, the twelve archons, the three-hundred-plus demons. But he did not believe in curses.