J. Magi

"Who knows, you might even convince it to become a good guy, knowing your track record."

He smiles, "I'm sure you would."

He snuggles into her. "What if I . . . what if something happens to you because of me . . ."

"I don't know either," He mumbled.

"You don't know Sharpo as well as I do he . . . when I first met him he talked a lot about wanting to die . . . Kandy I'm so worried he won't even put up a fight."

yeah, I guess we'll see

"He's going to die Kandy!"

"But it wasn't enough." He his voice broke a little. "It wasn't enough at all . . ." He leaned his head on her shoulder.

"But I don't know how," he said, his voice growing quiet, "I don't know how to do anything but hurt people--I tried with Sharpo but . . ."

In memoriam: (if he's dead??)

"So I just have to feel awful for the rest of my life? Do I deserve to hurt like this?"

"No that's the problem . . . that's the whole problem! I lay awake at night thinking about it and it haunts me . . . I wish I could just forget the whole thing."

"I won't heal if I keep thinking about it!"

"I'd rather just forget and move past it."

"Does it need to be said at all?"

"That . . . that's true." He looked away.

"You did have good intentions but . . . yeah. You weren't in threnodite were you? That one was rough . . ."

Chiyo follows.

"We'll just scare them into submission, don't worry."

"Then what we went through? I don't know if I'd say that."

"He's tough I guess," Sharp'i said, watching. "I'm glad the first aid stuff I taught Sharpo is coming in handy."

Sharpo moves further into the hilly landscape, searching for a nook to rest in for now. Upon finding one, he settles Kaza down best he can, then starts gathering things for a fire.

"Perhaps that's a good sign."

"The hills then," He said, turning slightly. "I think there are more people in the woods and I don't want to run into anyone right now."