Without realizing it, I manage to see a small kobold that I immediately recognize as myself, sitting with its back to me. I can also see my former human body after so long; I can see my hands. I try to see the great ancestor, but there is still darkness; it's just him and me. I don't know what to do. Should I just talk to him? The great ancestor told me that I must accept myself, then. Should I accept that I am now him? But then what will happen to me? I don't know if I can; I don't want to lose who I am.

  When it was still debating, the little kobold turned around and saw me; at first, it got scared and tried to flee. Does it fear me? Why?

  - Hey, don't go, please, I just want to get to know you.

  He stops, but keeps his distance; I see fear in his eyes, but then I feel it and know who he is.

  - It was thanks to you that I was able to move the day I hatched, that I could climb the rock wall. You are those feelings I always felt and didn't know where they came from. It was with you that Kirkarrg connected, not with me, but with you. You were the one who never gave up when we carried Garrl, after the fight with the humans, the one who kept getting up over and over again; because you wanted to save him. You are not just my instincts. You are who I should have been! Not remembering who I was in my previous life. I …………………………………. I ……………………. I'm sorry, truly I'm sorry; I owe you my life and Garrl's. You just wanted to play with your brother and feel proud of your lineage, but I, on the other hand, just pushed you away; I truly am sorry, this is your life not mine and that's why I apologize ...……………………….

  - Can we play with Garrl? Aren't you ashamed of me? I like my antlers! I want to be worthy of my lineage like Garrl! I want to be worthy of my lineage as a Garrl! I fear and hate humans because they took our family from us! I fear and hate humans because they took our family away! It hurts! But you don't acknowledge it. Why?

  - I,…………………..., it's not that I don't want to play with Garrl, it's just that it's hard for me to see myself as a child again, I'm not ashamed, I just miss my former body, it's not that I'm resentful towards humans, but we lived as humans before, you don't remember but I do, we had a family and friends, and I miss them; we were never the kind to seek revenge or get into trouble; our human parents taught us that we should be better people and that killing is wrong, as well as harming others; I was afraid that the lineage of the great ancestors would make me forget who I was. I don't want to forget! And sorry about the antlers, they're great, but as you see, humans don't have them, it's something new like everything in our body and I'm having a hard time getting used to it.

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  I don't know if the little kobold understood everything, I told him; he just stayed there, without saying anything. Then he asked me to sit down, and I did; next, he began to examine my body, my hands, my head, my face, my feet, my teeth; I just let him do it. Finally, he stood in front of me, took my hands, and made me feel his claws, fangs, scales, his horns, and then he said:

  - We can't become human again, this is our body and I help you understand it; our skin is not soft, we have strong scales, our claws allow us to defend ourselves and climb walls; our teeth and snout are for tearing and swallowing, not chewing ... ……………….. I don't remember anything about being human, nor do I have heritage like Garrl, I only know about our great ancestors and our village from what Garrl has told us; but that doesn't mean I don't feel proud to be born as a kobold; and I want to prove it, that's all.

  - So yes, we are wanderers.

  - Yes, but I am not ashamed of that, we shouldn't be, you don't have to worry about forgetting, they didn't leave us anything, neither the pain of the great ancestors nor the knowledge of the village; what I know, I only know because I wanted to survive and be accepted by Garrl. It hurts me about our village because I know, through my senses, that they were our family; even though they abandoned us. They were our family! And Garrl's too; humans attacked us so many times and we did nothing to provoke them, that's why I was afraid of them; I hated them for hurting and killing Kirkarrg, who recognized us, and for trying to hurt our brother; it's not that I hate them all, don't worry about that; if we were humans, we weren't that bad, so not all of them can be. Right?

  - I don't know if we weren't bad, we made many mistakes and hurt some people; but being a human or a kobold, as far as I understand, is the same; there are no bad or good humans or kobolds, just living beings trying to live their lives the way they believe they should. Thank you for everything you have done, and from today I promise that we are just in this adventure.

  We continued talking for a while, just chatting, he asking about our human life and me about the instincts I felt and no longer wanted to repress. A curious topic was when I asked him about Tammat; I had my suspicions. Physically, Garrl and I are different, and that we are wanderers only confirmed my suspicions even more: she was not our biological mother, he knew it, but he didn't care, and he told me.

  - She protected us, tried to protect all of us; she was incredible, worthy of her lineage. I want to be like her, to carry on her legacy. Garrl is our litter brother, and that's enough.

  Out of nowhere, we both heard someone calling us.

  - Breigon, Breigon. Are you there, brother? We are worried out here.

  - I think our brother Garrl is calling us; before he forgets. Do you know anything about how to perceive mana?

  - No, no idea.

  - What!

  - I'm just kidding, I'll help you. Tell Garrl that we won't lose to him again.

  - It's better if we tell them together, don't you think it's better?

  - Yes, it's better.