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The cave III - Sequelae

  I don't know how, but Breigon got up and managed to sneak up behind the human and attacked him. Immediately, I tried to help him while the human was distracted, when I saw a great light accumulating in the staff with which the human was attacking me, and I knew it was dangerous, it was denser and stronger than the mana I managed to concentrate in my mouth. We have to stop him, but before I could do anything, the human collapses; Breigon defeated him. I don't know how, but we won. We have come to our village and are fulfilling our duty; but why does Breigon express sadness and fear on his face?

  - Brother, are you okay? We won! ……………………. brother?

  - Garrl? ………………………………… Kill a person! I, I, I just, I didn't see any other option; he was preparing some kind of attack, I didn't want him to hurt us anymore. I ……………..… I, I'm sorry.

  - Alright, brother, this is for ………………..……………..

  NO, it's not okay! None of this is okay! I was just at home, I wasn't hurting anyone, why? I ………………………. I ……………………………..…….

  It's one of the attacks my brother suffers from; they're strange, I don't know why they happen. No matter how much I asked him, he avoided the topic, he didn't want to explain to me more than that it was called a "panic attack."

  - Calm down, brother, listen to me, it's one of those panic attacks, what did you tell me, what should I do? How can I help you?

  When I try to go with him, I feel like my whole body has lost all its strength, while a pain runs through everything. What's happening?

  - Brother, I ………………………………..…

  Garrl collapsed in front of me. What happened to him? They tied him up or injured him when he was unconscious. Is there another human? I must calm down. Calm down, calm down, there will be time to think about what I did; Garrl needs my help.

  Little by little, I managed to pull myself together. Thank God, there was no other human, but then what happened to Garrl? I try to talk to him, but he is unconscious and his body is burning, mainly in his chest; I try to look for the medicine bottle we brought, but it is broken, surely when I flew out it shattered. We must return to the cave, it's not safe here. Drawing on strength I don't know where it comes from, I lift Garrl and throw him over my shoulder as I walk towards where I know our cave is. I turn before we leave for where the humans are.

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  - It shouldn't have ended this way, I'm truly sorry.

  Walking back to the cave, I fell more than once; everything hurt, I couldn't get everything that happened out of my head, especially who I killed. Would he have family? Children, wife, siblings, parents? Who may not even know what happened; I wanted to lie on the ground and wait for my death, as punishment for what I did, but no, I must help Garrl. I push all those thoughts aside for now and focus on the fact that I have to reach the cave where the other vial is; it's the only thing I can do now. We really made a terrible mistake in exploring, No! I made that mistake. Don't stop, don't stop .............................

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  I can feel and see from afar how the two kobold pups returned to the cave; one of them is carrying the other on top, and both look terribly injured. No! I knew I had to warn them, what did they get into? While they weren't that strong, they weren't weak either; I saw them train and hunt. Wait, humans! They would be so foolish to confront humans.

  In that moment, I see that he was bringing the other one; on top of that, he leaves him on the ground while he runs to his hideout. He falls more than once, but he gets back up. Is he going to look for something? I return to the other and perceive with my tongue what is happening to him: "Mana accumulation," but if he is still a pup, he shouldn't be able to, but if he did it, he's going to die if he doesn't stabilize his crystal!

  I see that the other kid has a jar that I perceive contains some mana concentration, among other things. Could it be medicine? But when trying to take it, he stops and looks back at the other cub. No, no, don't be foolish, if you give him that, you'll kill him. Don't give more mana to someone who's hoarding it; take it for yourself and survive. Your brother won't make it. But no, he doesn't take anything and starts to go down, not before falling, but he protects the jar. I don't know how he manages to get up and heads towards the other cub; he's willing to sacrifice himself just to help the other cub! But he doesn't know that if he gives that to him, it will only make things worse! They will both end up dying!

  Enough already! I can't just stand by and watch the last descendants of the great dragons die. I'm sorry, Tammat, I must intervene; I just hope you let yourself be helped, if not, I'll do it by force.

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