08-11-2018, 02:29 AM
The graze of his thumb burned. She pulled her hand away and studied the angry red skin of her palm.
She looked in the direction that the creature fled. There was no trace of it any longer. Only the tablet remained. "A predator only taunts the prey it wants to devour. Maybe it disliked your command and wanted you destroyed so to be freed of its duty."
Otherwise, she had no explanation. When she told Armande that they spoke, she shook her head. "The Eye spoke, beloved. The Eye sees all."
Armande liked to dissect and examine. He would not leave the question unexplored. Valeriya didn't care why the creature obeyed. It did, the reason didn't matter.
She lifted her hand to the light, then. If turned just the right way, it almost seemed like there was a shape within the swollen ridges.
She looked in the direction that the creature fled. There was no trace of it any longer. Only the tablet remained. "A predator only taunts the prey it wants to devour. Maybe it disliked your command and wanted you destroyed so to be freed of its duty."
Otherwise, she had no explanation. When she told Armande that they spoke, she shook her head. "The Eye spoke, beloved. The Eye sees all."
Armande liked to dissect and examine. He would not leave the question unexplored. Valeriya didn't care why the creature obeyed. It did, the reason didn't matter.
She lifted her hand to the light, then. If turned just the right way, it almost seemed like there was a shape within the swollen ridges.
The Eye of the Khylsty