Iago does exactly as I thought he would. Soon enough he runs off, and I manage to crawl my way over to Lucien. I am hurting rather badly, but it is lessening by the moment.
Lucien's eyes are glazed but they still move about, and his lips move, but there's no words, just gurgling and a wheeze. The dagger's right there, I can finish it off...
but instead I take his hand. "I am sorry Lucien. I am... I tried to keep you safe... He knew that. That you were my weakness..." I know it makes no matter to him. "You're a good man, Lucien Constantine. The Light knows that, and will welcome you." His lead lolls and he looks at me. I swear he almost smiles. I smile back. I shall stay, until the end.
It's not more than two minutes, if that... The death rattle comes, the body gives one long violent shudder...
And then it's over. He's still. He's gone. I sigh, and reach out to coax his eyes closed. "Rrrrrrruhe in Frrrrrieden mein Frrrrrreund" Oh... ohhhh....... yessssssssssss......
I had wondered, would I have to grovel, would He make me wait? No... oh, like a fire sweeping a dead forest, my powers come washing back over me. Like a cloak, I shake off this broken, bloodied, human form, my demonoid form aflame, my wings unfurled behind me.
I throw back my head and trumpet my return to myself, a roar that echoes up the river, to the Town, to the Tower, to my Lady and babe in our garden....
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Lucien's eyes are glazed but they still move about, and his lips move, but there's no words, just gurgling and a wheeze. The dagger's right there, I can finish it off...
but instead I take his hand. "I am sorry Lucien. I am... I tried to keep you safe... He knew that. That you were my weakness..." I know it makes no matter to him. "You're a good man, Lucien Constantine. The Light knows that, and will welcome you." His lead lolls and he looks at me. I swear he almost smiles. I smile back. I shall stay, until the end.
It's not more than two minutes, if that... The death rattle comes, the body gives one long violent shudder...
And then it's over. He's still. He's gone. I sigh, and reach out to coax his eyes closed. "Rrrrrrruhe in Frrrrrieden mein Frrrrrreund" Oh... ohhhh....... yessssssssssss......
I had wondered, would I have to grovel, would He make me wait? No... oh, like a fire sweeping a dead forest, my powers come washing back over me. Like a cloak, I shake off this broken, bloodied, human form, my demonoid form aflame, my wings unfurled behind me.
I throw back my head and trumpet my return to myself, a roar that echoes up the river, to the Town, to the Tower, to my Lady and babe in our garden....