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The memory of that moment become his nightmare, an echo that haunted him for the rest of his life.
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It had been an abyssal winter night.
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He had been a child, orphaned and homeless. Cold and hungry...
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If he didn't eat, he would've die. And that loaf of bread had been so close...
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That was the first time he'd hurt someone else for his own survival.
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The first, but not the last. The orphan child grew into a sellsword, taking on tasks that no one else wanted, all to survive.
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Every day was like a repeat of that first one, breaking others so he himself would be less broken.
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She appeared out of nowhere, that shining woman with the brilliant armor.
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As he took her hand, the man had no idea.
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That everything would change, because of her...
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Her
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I can't tell you who I am, but I need your services.
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Her
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I need you by my side for a little while to protect me.
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He agreed to her conditions. A job was a job, after all.
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But she was his opposite in every way.
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He lived for himself, for his own survival. She was ready to give up her life for her ideals.
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That didn't sit well with him.
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He'd leave as soon as the job was done, he told himself.
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Her warm smile, which was like sunshine... Her unending kindness...
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They were slowly seeping into him
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Until one moonlit night...
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She had gone on a mission on her own and returned severely injured.
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It wasn't until that moment that the man realized how much she meant to him.
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Kai
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I want to change. I want to be like her.
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Kai
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I love her...
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Kai
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I've been dreaming of this moment for a long time, and I didn't ever know.
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The man tended to her wounds carefully.
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He told her all of the things he had done. How he had killed another for a loaf of bread...
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The woman cried with him and held him.
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Her
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It's okay... Everything is okay now...
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Her
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Let it go. Choose who you want to be from now on. It's not too late.
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They held each other for a long time.
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The man finally understood what happiness meant.
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He wanted their days together to last forever.
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Traces of an intense fight. Broken pieces of shining armor.
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Just like that, she was gone.
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An object caught the man's eye, the object that had caused her death.
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A human arrow, not Fomorian. And an expensive one.
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He vowed to find out who had killed her, and why.
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No matter how long it took.
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Kai
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Your avenger...
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Kai
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That's who I choose to be.
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And so, the man began his journey, leaving behind the grave he had made.
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Following where the arrow, his only clue, led him.
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