07-16-2015, 07:38 PM
Jay kept his head down and outwardly paid attention to Shredder while Jared answered. The kitten had flopped onto its back, chewing on his fingertips while he scratched its belly. Its little tail curled around his pinkie.
His mind replayed the images from the screen that Laurie brought up. Smoke, fire. He could hear the noise of it blasting his ears to ringing deafness. The smell of char and ash clenched his stomach while sweat stung his eyes. He could imagine it all with horrifying clarity. Special forces was a different kind of war with which he was all too familiar, but the massive scale that magic in battle posed was terrifying. Jared wanted this power to save lives, but Jay's mind went to a darker place. Someplace he both feared and coveted at the same time.
"Or kill thousands with a single thought,"
he muttered, but fixed on the kitten's furry belly, he didn't look up.
His mind replayed the images from the screen that Laurie brought up. Smoke, fire. He could hear the noise of it blasting his ears to ringing deafness. The smell of char and ash clenched his stomach while sweat stung his eyes. He could imagine it all with horrifying clarity. Special forces was a different kind of war with which he was all too familiar, but the massive scale that magic in battle posed was terrifying. Jared wanted this power to save lives, but Jay's mind went to a darker place. Someplace he both feared and coveted at the same time.
"Or kill thousands with a single thought,"
he muttered, but fixed on the kitten's furry belly, he didn't look up.
Only darkness shows you the light.