Good morrow, dear reader, good morrow indeed...
Tis a gorgeous new day, I say...
Why...
Hmmm?
Where I live?
Always so pleasant?
Why...
Tis a long tale, I must say...
Truly, I say unto you dear reader, truly...
Twould take a long time to explain it all...
Why...
Twould take even many a chapter I would say...
And of it...
Yes...
Tis best I wait for the perfect moment...
Hmmm?
Of course...
For...
Indeed...
I do find myself to be an important part of this tale...
Why...
I suppose I shall say...
Had it not been for me...
Indeed...
Twould this tale be wholly impossible...
Truly, I say unto you dear reader, truly...
Twould be a fully impossible tale, I say...
And of it...
Indeed...
I do suppose I should get started...
Yes...
But before that...
I shall ask...
How do you find yourself, dear reader?
Hmmm?
A light rain?
Why...
Tis a grand weather of sorts I would say...
Yes...
In fact...
You may well find yourself taking a stroll even so as the beads of rain do strike upon your face...
Yes...
Do feel no fear in doing so...
For...
Indeed...
Tis a great weather to simply...
How you say...
Lay down your blade...
And...
Enjoy what is to come...
Yes...
Truly, I say unto you dear reader, truly...
And of that...
Indeed...
I shall continue...
Yes...
Now then...
Where was I...
Ah, yes...
Twas just as Jake Phyr did stomp upon his enemy's very chest...
Yes...
And of it...
Fin: (thinking: Tch....)
Did Fin Hessenger...
In sheer surprise and horror...
Slowly...
Well...
I suppose I shall explain this...
For...
Indeed...
Did his very eyes...
Even under his foot..
Even after the very stomp...
Find themselves upon his eyes...
And thereof...
Dare I say...
Indeed...
Did his heart...
Yes...
Did his heart...
Indeed...
Come to a proper understanding...
Yes...
Well...
I suppose...
Tis obvious...
For...
Even so as his eyes rested as his head fell back to the ground...
Did it fall upon him...
Indeed...
Twas the very look in Jake Phyr's very eyes...
And of it...
Indeed...
Even so...
Even as he found himself so profoundly defeated...
Did his very mind...
Indeed consider...
For...
Indeed...
Twas unfathomable, one may say...
Why...
The very idea, would one state...
For...
Indeed...
A Knight of such an age...
Why...
Twas a mystery to him...
For...
Indeed...
And of his immediate failure to defeat him...
Why...
Indeed...
Did he find his very pride...
Yes...
Even his very mind...
In utter defeat...
Yes...
For even as his eyes did close...
Indeed...
Did his heart and mind accept it...
For...
Yes...
Twas not a chance...
Indeed...
He had lost...
And even as his heart did attempt to bargain...
Why...
Did his heart soon accept it...
And thereof...
Fin: I......
And, oh dear reader, may I say...
Twas a painful thing truly...
Which does indeed bring an interesting question...
Yes...
Dear reader...
Have you ever once found yourself in defeat?
Hmmm?
Well...
I suppose it shall have happened to the very many of us...
However...
Tis not of the major concern...
Yes...
Truly, I say...
For...
Indeed...
Even as a man or even as a woman may find themselves in battle...
Truly, I say...
Tis important to remember...
Indeed...
Tis important to remember that for which you fight...
Yes...
And of it...
Indeed...
Tis necessary...
That it fails to slip your mind...
Yes...
Hmmm?
Why...
I suppose it does sound a bit obvious...
Yes...
However...
Dare I say...
Tis commonplace...
Even and so for a warrior...
To forget that for which he or she fights...
For...
Indeed...
Tis the mere foolishness I may say...
Well...
I suppose I shall get along to explain...
Yes...
And of it...
Indeed...
Tis quite easy...
Yes...
Ahem...
Dear reader...
Have you ever once found yourself in...
How you say...
A contest?
Hmmm?
Oh, dear me...
I should apologise...
Twas a truly obvious question...
Yes...
And of it...
Why...
I shall simply go on...
Yes...
Dear reader...
Have you ever once found yourself in competition for something...
With...
How you say...
An ulterior motive?
Hmmm?
Oh dear...
Nay...
It need not be sinister...
Why...
It could be that you desire to climb a tree faster than the other lads to get the apple...
However...
You merely desire to give it to your pet...
Nay...
You may even be doing so to impress a maiden...
Yes...
Why...
Tis not much thereof to be worried...
And even so, to find yourself ashamed of...
For...
Indeed...
Tis a normal part of humanity...
Dare I say...
That the very strings that bind and define this reality...
Yes...
They often find themselves quite complex, I would say...
And of it...
Indeed...
Tis a strange thing...
Human life...
Yes...
Dear reader...
Do always find yourself digging deeper...
For...
Indeed...
Tis many a tale of the human race...
Yes...
And of it...
Indeed...
Tis much to discover...
Yes...
Much to much to discover...
Why...
I suppose...
Humanity shall always find itself lacking in boredom...
Yes...
Hmmm?
It strikes you so easily...
Hmmm....
Well...
Might I suggest a good book?
Hmmm...
Nay...
Hmmm...
Well...
If I may...
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I suppose merely searching for such one thing shall make your time worthwhile...
Yes...
Truly, I say unto you dear reader, truly...
Tis a good thing to search...
And of it...
Indeed...
Forget not to use your heart...
For...
Indeed...
Have many a man and woman...
Lost their way upon such an endeavour...
Even of...
Is it the very point of my explanation...
For...
Indeed...
Tis the very thing that does cause a man to lose his way...
Yes...
To forget to search his heart...
And of it...
Why...
Even so...
He may forget the very reason for his endeavours...
Yes...
And of that, dear reader...
Must I simply add...
For...
Indeed...
Even so...
Is a battle not over until the very defeated finds himself...
Defeated...
Yes...
For...
Indeed...
Tis when the warrior surrenders his goal...
That, indeed...
Does he find himself defeated...
And of such...
Dare I say...
Yes...
Fin: ... submit...
Indeed...
Was Fin Hessenger truly defeated...
Yes...
For...
Indeed...
Even as he did fail in the goal of which most would assume...
Indeed...
Had his very own goal soon also proven a failure...
And of it...
Did he simply surrender...
Yes...
And there, dear reader...
Indeed...
Twas this epic scene...
Finally of its conclusion....
Yes...
Twas the sheer power of the boy by the name of Jake Phyr...
Yes...
And thereof...
Why...
Mendel: (thinking: This... this mere child...)
Terrence: (thinking: Sir Jake....)
Did the very Knights simply stand in awe...
Yes...
All in awe of the great warrior that stood before them...
Nay...
In front of the great warrior...
Who single handedly dealt with the very foes...
Who would sooner or later...
Have spelt their very end...
Yes...
And then...
Amidst the very sounds of burning buildings...
Did...
Terrence: Sir...
However...
Mendel: State your rank!
Indeed...
Did Sir Mendel have a query...
And thereof...
Why...
Terrence: Sir...
Did the boy by the name of Jake Phyr merely turn to him...
Even so as Sir Mendel's very ears...
Even so as his very eyes...
Waited in patient expectation...
Yes...
For...
Mendel: (thinking: Who is this child? I simply must know.)
Indeed...
Twas the very first he'd heard of him...
Why...
A mere child...
For him to find himself even so one of the very Knights of Vesturia...
Why...
Twas a strange thing for many a man...
Yes....
And of it...
Did Jake Phyr merely answer...
Jake: Rank B+
Even so, did Jake Phyr's very eyes turn to the man's...
And of them...
Why...
Did Sir Mendel merely halt in fear...
Yes...
For...
Indeed...
Twas a merely irrefutable fact...
That the mere boy that did indeed stand before him...
Find himself to be his...
How you say...
Superior...
Well...
Tis not the very way in which these very things do find themselves...
So, I suppose...
Twould be best to merely say...
That he found himself to merely outrank him...
And of such...
Tis true...
Indeed...
That to outrank one...
Indeed...
To even speak to one who outranks you...
Yes...
Tis a great honor, I would say...
And thereof...
Did Sir Mendel slowly contemplate things....
Mendel: (thinking: This.... this child....)
Yes...
Twas a troublesome thought you might imagine...
Do understand dear reader...
Twas a strange thing that ran about his very mind...
For...
Indeed...
He did experience the very sight that was his battle with the shinobi...
And even so...
Had he witnessed the sheer power of his opponents before hand...
And thereof...
Indeed...
Even so had it been a mere child...
Indeed...
Even with those very words...
Even with his very mind's struggle to understand it...
Yes...
Did he...
Merely do as his very elders would have had him...
Yes...
He merely knelt down...
Yes...
Dropping upon his knees...
Terrence: Sir...
And of that...
Mendel: I... I apologise... Sir...
Indeed...
Did he have to simply show his back to...
His very superior...
Well...
I suppose you may refer to them as those whose very light shines brighter than yours...
And of it...
Why...
Did the very man find himself upon his knees...
As to apologise...
For even daring to speak with such aggression...
Towards a man who outranked him...
Terrence: Sir...
Why...
Did Sir Terrence pity him so...
Yes...
Twas a truly, awful sight, I must say...
Why...
It did take a mighty blow to the heart of Sir Mendel...
To merely bow his head to a child...
Yes...
A mere child, I say...
Hmmm?
Why...
Of course...
Tis Jake Phyr...
And of him...
I would simply give the highest of praise...
However...
For this man...
Indeed...
Twas a truly humbling sight...
However...
Jake: Arise, Sir.
Indeed...
Did Jake Phyr simply tell the man to...
Disregard this simple gesture...
Truly, I say...
Does Jake Phyr find himself to be a truly unique individual...
Truly, I say unto you dear reader, truly...
And of that...
Why...
Did Sir Mendel raise his eyes upon the very boy to whom he was bowing...
For...
Indeed...
Was his very mind...
Nay...
Even his heart...
Fully confounded by the child...
Yes...
This mere child...
Truly, I say...
Terrence: (thinking: Jake....)
Was this very man humbled by his very words...
Yes...
Even so as he did stand up...
Nay...
Beforehand...
Mendel: Th... thank you... Sir...
Yes...
Did his very hands help him to his feet...
All the very while...
His eyes stayed upon the very boy...
And of him...
Why...
Did he merely turn to find his shield...
Which now found itself firmly shoved into the very ground...
Yes...
Twas made of Vesturian Draksbane...
Yes...
Hmmm?
Iron?
Why...
Such a metal would simply find itself crushed by the very Knights...
Yet...
Even by the very shinobi, I would say...
Why...
Even the very faintest of the wizards spells would do it horribly...
Yes...
And of that...
Indeed...
Tis Draksbane the very metal that finds itself among the many Knights...
Nay...
Even so...
Do many a monster hunter find themselves with such...
Well...
I suppose...
Tis only possible for the very richest of the Knights...
Yes...
Well...
Moving along...
Jake Phyr did merely pry the very shield from the ground...
Even so as easily as a child may pick up a toy...
Yes...
Twas yet another great showing of his strength...
One of which the very Knights simply continued to marvel at...
And of such...
Why...
Dare I say...
Did Sir Mendel, even so with his very lips quivering...
Hold upon himself a query...
Mendel: S... Sir...
And then, did Sir Terrence send his very eyes towards his perturbed comrade...
For...
Truly, I say...
Were his very eyes stunned and submitted...
And of such...
Why...
Did the very man...
Mendel: Sir....
Bring about the thing that wrought within his heart...
And of it...
Why...
Twas not his works...
Nay...
Not even his name...
For...
Indeed...
Even so as this man did seek after his name...
Did he also have yet another query...
Yes...
And of it...
Why...
Did the boy by the name of Jake Phyr merely turn his very head...
And as Sir Mendel did indeed take notice...
Mendel: I implore you, my great Sir: Please, do find yourself towards the district of Galehornne. For the shi....
However...
Why...
Tis a curious thing I suppose...
For...
Indeed...
Did Sir Terrence...
Even so without a mere sound...
Nay...
Even so without a warning...
Quickly land his very hand against his mouth...
And of it...
Why...
Were Jake Phyr and even Sir Mendel shocked...
Truly, I say unto you dear reader, truly...
Twas a moment of silence before the three men...
And of such...
Did Sir Terrence soon after...
Even behind gritted teeth...
Terrence: Sir Jake!
Indeed...
Did he even shout it...
Terrence: We give you many thanks for your rescue. However, the enemy finds itself even among the very district of Galehornne. We shall need your assistance, Sir!
Yes...
All this he did shout...
Do bear in mind...
Even so as he held the mouth of Sir Mendel tightly in his grasp...
Yes...
And the boy by the name of Jake Phyr...
Why...
He merely...
Turned his head to the direction of the district of Galehornne...
And thereof...
Indeed...
Jake: Understood...
Did he soon place his very shield upon his back...
And thereof...
Indeed...
Soon after...
Begin to sprint towards his very destination...
Yes...
Even so without a thought to it...
And as for the very Knights that did remain...
Why...
Did Sir Terrence soon after sigh in relief...
Even as Sir Mendel did spit his hand out of his mouth....
Yes...
Well, I suppose I should say this...
For...
Indeed...
Was Sir Mendel his superior...
And even of...
Mendel: What was the meaning of that, Sir Terrence?
Yes...
Well, I suppose there may well be much to say...
Of a man of Sir Mendel's great patience...
For...
Indeed...
Would many a man fail to hesitate to strike at a lower officer...
Yes...
However...
Indeed...
Did he merely question his very behaviour...
And of that...
Why...
Terrence: I apologise, Sir. Truly. However...
Twas a strange reason indeed...
Terrence: ... tis the General's Orders...
Mendel: Hmmm?
Yes...
Terrence: Tis not of the Knight's Order... to speak of shinobi in the presence of Sir Jake.
Mendel: Hmm?
Yes...
Truly, I say unto you dear reader, truly...
Tis a strange reason indeed...
Mendel: How... so...?
And of it...
Why...
Was even Sir Mendel truly perplexed...
Terrence: Well...
And of the...
Hmmm?
Oh dear...
Tis time yet again?
Oh my....
Well...
I suppose I may well stop here...
Hmmm...
Well...
Do please do me a small kindness, dear reader...
For...
Indeed...
I shall have merely a few more words to say of this...
Well...
I suppose I could simply wait until next we meet...
However...
Twould be best...
If I merely found myself finishing this tale now...
Yes...
So...
Indeed...
I shall separate this chapter as well....
And of that...
As before...
Do feel no guilt in merely taking a break...
Yes...
*******
And of that...
I shall continue...
Ahem...
Even so as Jake Phyr had made his leave...
Did...
Mendel: How be it so? For what purpose?
Indeed...
Twas a question that would bother many a mind...
Yes...
For...
Indeed...
Why so would the General...
Yes...
Even the very General...
In all his great wisdom...
Fail to allow his men to speak of his nation's greatest enemies...
To the very young man...
Yes...
One who beheld such impeccable skill moreover...
And of it...
Why...
Did Sir Mendel...
Merely contemplate...
As for Sir Terrence...
Terrence: Tis of his nature...
Mendel: Hmmm?
Yes...
The nature of the boy by the name of Jake Phyr...
Mendel: What do you mean?
Terrence: His very nature... for... the boy...
Twas a strange sentence...
Even for the very man by the name of Terrence Bauer...
Why...
Even so did he find himself struggling to speak...
And thereof...
Why...
Did he finally say it...
Terrence: ... he is... simply... to hard headed...
Mendel: Hmmm?
Terrence: And also... Why....
Indeed...
Twas not an easy statement for one such as he....
For...
Indeed...
Did he hold a great respect...
Nay...
Even a great gratitude...
For the very young man that did rescue him...
Why...
Twas somewhat insulting even to call him so...
Yes...
Even so as he found himself speaking it...
Twas insulting even to his very mind...
Yes...
However...
Twas...
How you say...
In an odd sense...
A decision even the very Knight did agree with...
Terrence: He is... not very intelligent...
Mendel: Hmmmm!?
Indeed...
Hmmm?
Well, I suppose I should say this...
And of that...
Indeed...
Does intellect fail to be one of the many things Jake Phyr excels at...
Yes...
Hmmm?
Oh no no no...
Know ye not, dear reader...
That there hails to a man...
Far more than mere intellect...
Why...
I may even say...
That intellect merely fails to be among the very many things...
That make a man truly exceptional...
For...
Indeed...
Even so as it remains a truly exceptional tool...
Is it...
Simply, not the most important...
Yes...
And of such...
Indeed...
Is Jake Phyr full of...
In spades even...
Yes...
Well...
I suppose I shall go on...
For...
Mendel: What!?
Indeed...
Did take a great surprise from this very statement...
Why...
Twas the very first he'd soon heard of it...
Yes...
For...
His very eyes did widen...
Even so did his very mind race...
How be it?
Indeed...
How be it so...
For...
This man...
This very young man...
Why...
Twas an order from the very General...
And of such...
Indeed...
Would he not fail to consider such a statement fully and terribly...
Mendel: How... how be it so?
However, why...
I suppose even the most trusting of men...
Do indeed find such illogicalities truly perturbing...
Why...
Twould make little sense to a man...
Would it not?
Hmmm?
Yes, dear reader, indeed...
It does boggle the mind...
Truly, I say...
Why...
The very mind of the great Knight General...
Even so, his very decision...
Regarding Jake Phyr...
Yes...
And of such...
Mendel: How... how be it...?
Why...
Was Sir Terrence even questioning the very idea of answering the man...
Even as he watched him look at him...
Hoping for an answer...
Even among such confusion...
Terrence: Indeed. He does find himself so...
Yes...
Even as shameful as it was to say...
For...
Indeed...
Was Jake Phyr fully too unintelligent by the General's standards...
To even know of shinobi...
Yes...
As for Sir Mendel...
Why...
His very eyes did simply stare even as his very mouth remained agape...
Mendel: How.... how... so....?
For indeed...
Surely...
Would a man capable of such intelligent destruction...
Be capable of such simple things...
Yes...
Even such simple information...
Terrence: Tis the General's orders...
As the very knowledge of an enemy state...
Yes...
Twas a truly perplexing ordeal...
As for Sir Mendel...
Why...
Even as he did indeed look unto the eyes of Sir Terrence...
Did he merely find...
Indeed...
Twas not a mystery...
Nay...
Not even as so a mere pretense...
For...
Indeed...
Did the very look on the eyes of Sir Terrence...
Find themselves to be serious...
And thereof...
Terrence: Tis simply as so, Sir...
Indeed...
Was it no mistake...
As for Sir Mendel...
Why...
Did the man soon find himself yet again in the very burrows of confusion...
Yes...
Twas a strange thought, I must say...
For...
Truly, I say...
Did he even and so ask himself...
Mendel: (thinking: How be it so....?)
Yes...
And...
Indeed...
Did Sir Terrence merely hold his tongue...
For...
Indeed...
Did he find himself in great understanding of his comrade's confusion...
Even so...
Did Sir Mendel merely continue to contemplate...
Why...
Even doubt...
For, indeed...
Why would his grand General find himself choosing such...
How you say...
Undignified methods...
Why...
Twas strange...
Nay...
Twas truly astounding...
For...
Indeed...
Twas the like of which he himself had never seen...
Yes...
And of it...
Why...
Did Sir Terrence merely look on...
As...
Mendel: Surely...
Yes...
Did his eyes widen...
Hmmm...
Mayhaps in some form of...
How you say...
Hope...
Hmmmm
Why...
I suppose it finds itself true to say...
That a man...
Hmmm...
Yes...
A man does indeed look upon he very logic of his mind...
Yes...
Even so...
Does he hope upon it...
And thereof...
Why...
I suppose the very logic of a man...
Indeed...
Does find itself as some sort of...
Safety...
Hmmm?
Well...
Tis merely as humans find themselves...
For...
Indeed...
Humanity does find itself in adoration of certainty...
And of such...
Why...
Does humanity at times...
How you say...
Hold fast upon the very cloth that is certainty...
And thereof...
Dare I say...
Nay...
Truly, I say...
Strike back...
Even at the very thing....
That does cause them to worry...
Yes...
The very thing...
That threatens to pull them from it...
Indeed...
And of such...
Why...
Did the very man's eyes offer a glimmer of hope...
Yes...
However...
Why...
One may call it the very ripening of a man's age...
For...
Indeed...
He did find himself simply closing his mouth....
Yes...
His very lips...
For, indeed...
Had his heart...
Yes...
The heart that this warrior's life had tested...
Truly, I say...
Twas his heart...
That did find him solidly placed upon the undeniable truth...
Yes...
For...
Indeed...
Twas nothing to scoff at...
Nay...
Twas nothing to doubt...
For, even as his eyes beheld those of Sir Terrence...
Indeed...
Twas undeniable...
His very eyes...
Yes...
His very eyes...
Even his very voice...
Nay...
Even the heart of the man by the name of Mendel Nelson...
Even the very outlook of the man by the name of Terrence Bauer...
Yes...
Twas true...
Indeed...
Twas fully true...
And of it...
Did Sir Mendel merely shut his very mouth...
And of such...
Mendel: I... see....
Yes...
Did he fully...
Even so...
Silently...
Understand...
Yes...
And thereof...
Did Sir Mendel merely pick of his spear...
And turn to the very men that had caused them such trouble...
Mendel: (thinking: How... be it so...?)
Even so, did Sir Terrence begin his move....
Yes...
Hmmm?
Why...
Even so as the very Knights found themselves saved...
Why...
Were the very shinobi by the names of Kyle and Fin Hessenger...
Still at the very heels of them...
And of it...
Indeed...
Was it necessary...
To do of them...
And of that...
Why...
Did Sir Mendel soon approach the unconscious body of Kyle Hessenger...
And of such...
Why...
Did he merely halt...
Even of...
Did Sir Terrence soon make for the body of Fin Hessenger...
And of that...
As he did get closer and closer...
Step by step...
Yes...
Did the very words come from the lips of Sir Mendel...
Mendel: This... child...
Yes...
For, even so...
Did his mind bear many a question...
Mendel: This very child....
And of that, indeed...
Even before he did repeat himself...
Yes...
Sir Terrence did halt himself...
And turn towards the higher ranked Knight...
And as for speech...
Mendel: Sir Terrence... Do... tell me of him...
Yes...
Was it mere curiosity...
As for Sir Terrence...
Why...
Twas mere childsplay...
Well...
I suppose I shall say this...
Tis a commonality among humanity...
For...
Indeed...
Those who find themselves gifted...
Nay...
Exceptional...
They do indeed also...
Find themselves adored...
Nay...
Even so, find those who adore them....
Learning much of them...
And as such...
Terrence: His name is Sir Jake Phyr, of the Phyr family. The son of Mrs. Phyr.
Mendel: Hmph. (thinking: So, his name is Jake Phyr...)
Terrence: He finds himself to be a monster hunter among the Knights. Even so, does he participate in the city patrols. And also, is he among the royal guard.
Yes...
Twas at that point...
Even upon hearing such...
That Sir Mendel did indeed pause...
Mendel: (thinking: A monster hunter? Why... even among the very royal guard?)
Truly, I say...
Is it a great honor among the Knights...
To ever find themselves in the guard of the royalty of their nation...
Truly, I say unto you dear reader, truly...
And thereof...
Indeed...
Was Sir Mendel truly perplexed...
For...
Even so as his very mind did consider all that he did have his ears bear witness to...
Yes...
Was his mind...
Nay...
Even so his very heart...
In utter amazement...
For...
Indeed...
This mere child...
Nay...
This grand child...
Mendel: (thinking: And even so... is he among the very Third Order...)
Indeed...
Does he find himself to be among the greatest of the Knight's Order...
Yes...
Why...
He had managed more than many a Knight had...
Nay...
Than many a Knight could...
Even so...
At his kindly age...
Yes...
Truly, I say unto you dear reader, truly...
Tis Jake Phyr...
Truly, I say...
Tis the boy by the name of Jake Phyr...
Yes...
And of that...
Indeed...
Did Sir Mendel come to a slow understanding of the very lad...
Yes...
For, indeed...
Twas true...
And of it...
Even so as his mind debated...
Yes...
Had his heart soon since believed the truth...
Yes...
Why...
Twas an arduous journey...
Even so...
Upon his very heart...
Yes...
Why...
The very man merely remained upon the very body of Kyle Hessenger...
Yes...
For many a moment, I might add...
Why...
He did indeed merely grip his spear, merely holding it upon his very hand...
Before...
Yes...
Did sense slowly crawl unto him...
And of that...
Did he finally remember...
Mendel: (thinking: Shinobi...)
Yes...
The very shinobi whom his hands would need to do something with...
And of that...
Indeed...
Even as Sir Terrence did find himself upon the body of Fin Hessenger...
Did his mind slowly return to the reality which he faced...
And thereof...
Yes...
Did he lift his spear upon his hand...
Even as his mind remained buried with thoughts of Jake Phyr...
Yes...
That mysterious child who merely defeated this man...
This great warrior...
With merely two blows...
Indeed...
Even so as he did lift his arm...
Prepared to strike him a deadly blow...
Yes...
Indeed...
However...
Well...
I suppose I shall say this of Sir Mendel...
For...
Indeed...
Twas merely the cause of his...
How you say...
Hatred of shinobi...
Yes...
For...
Indeed...
This man did find himself facing battle upon battle against the shinobi upon the border...
And of such...
Why...
Did the very man find himself exhausted...
Nay...
Even so...
Had he long since learned...
To be wary of the tricks of the shinobi...
And thereof...
Did he also learn...
Well...
I suppose the very idea shall have no worry upon entering your heart...
Yes...
Hmmm?
Oh, yes...
Indeed...
Tis as I thought...
No need to worry...
And thereof...
Yes...
Did he soon swing his spear...
All the while, meaning to merely cleave his head...
Yes...
However...
Terrence: Sir! Halt!
Indeed...
Did Sir Terrence halt his comrade...
And as for Sir Mendel...
Why...
Did his very blade...
Even so his very body...
Stop stone cold...
Yes...
He did stop himself...
Why...
Twas as though he found himself to fail to be of the right mind...
Yes...
And of it...
Did he simply turn to the sound of Sir Terrence...
For...
Mendel: Hmm?
Terrence: Tis not honorable, Sir...
Yes...
Even so as he lifted the very beaten body of the man by the name of Fin Hessenger...
Indeed...
Did he interject...
Hmmm?
Why...
Tis a custom of Vesturia...
Terrence: Twas the decision of Sir Jake...
For...
Indeed...
Tis as the Knights of Vesturia do say...
If and so a Knight is to do battle with an enemy of a nation...
Should he spare his life...
Indeed...
Should his life be spared...
Even by all Knights...
Truly, I say...
Tis the very rule of thumb...
Of the Knights of Vesturia...
And thereof...
Mendel: I... see...
Indeed...
Did he merely loosen the very grip upon his spear...
Even as his very mind soon returned to him...
Yes...
And of such, why...
Even as Sir Terrence did soon return to him with the very body of the man by the name of Fin Hessenger...
Did he himself as well quickly grab the Hessenger by his own arms...
And carry him...
Yes...
Even so did the very pair soon begin their silent travel...
All towards their destination...
And of such...
Why...
Twas a while before...
Mendel: Sir Terrence...
Terrence: Sir...
Mendel: Do tell...
Terrence: Hmm?
Mendel: How strong is this lad...?
Terrence: Sir....
Mendel: In comparison to the General...
Terrence: Sir...
And of that...
Why...
Did Sir Terrence indeed contemplate...
And thereof...
Terrence: Dare I say, there be not more than 5 Knights in Vesturia... than can do battle with Sir Jake...
Yes...
Indeed...
Twas his answer...
And even of...
Did the eyes of Sir Mendel widen...
Yes...
However...
This time...
Mendel: I see...
Indeed...
Did his eyes merely soften upon hearing it...
For...
Yes...
Mayhaps for accepting the first truth...
Mayhaps for having witnessed it first hand...
Mayhaps for simply listening to his heart...
Indeed, dear reader, indeed...
Was it Sir Mendel's very heart that simply accepted it...
And even of...
Mendel: (thinking: As he told be to arise....)
Was there more to his heart...
Mendel: (thinking: His eyes... they... they bore a softness...)
Indeed...
Twas so...
And of that...
Indeed...
Did Sir Mendel enter his bed that Knight...
Afresh with many a thought to his mind...
Of this fully perplexing young lad...
Yes...
Well...
Hmmm?
Oh dear...
Truly, I say...
Twould seem I overstayed my welcome...
Why...
I thought this would take a mere...
Say...
Few moments...
Yes...
Truly, I say dear reader, truly...
I am sorry...
Yet again have I miscalulated...
Truly, I say...
I should work upon that...
Well...
In any case...
Twould seem that I have said all that I had set out to say...
Indeed...
And of that, dear reader...
Truly, I say...
Tis time we depart...
Yes...
Do be kind to yourself, dear reader...
Do be kind...
Tis much for many of this world...
And of that...
Farewell...
Farewell indeed...
