It had been a long day. And the night before, I’d laid beside a sleepyhead, I was there to keep watch. it could couse her some trouble. While She slept, my mind wandered… To the first day I arrived here.
Before that, I lived with the Master. Though, calling it “living” might be too generous he was just there. I barely understood much back then. When I was finally, as Father would say, “steady on my feet,” they brought me here. I still remember the heavy stares of the guards. They didn’t even give me the same basic supplies the others got. They just dropped me in the middle of this place, without a word about what I was supposed to do. The Master spoke to me, a little, when he found out… But it didn’t help. That first day, I saw Ronya sitting in the courtyard Right in the same spot I always end up now, besides the stones. Sai… even then, he was trying to get everyone's attention. Trying to pull the leadership of the group into his hands.
Reny:
A short boy, with sharp golden eyes and blond hair. Smart, but impulsive. Apparently another failed project one they couldn't quite train to obey.. he was.. soft.
Arvin:
A thick, broad shouldered boy. but not in the fat way. with all that strength buried under his size. Strong, tall. With black hair and almond eyes.
And at the center of them all, the shining :
Sai :
Big like Arvin, but different less of an overeater, more of a warrior. Black hair, black eyes. From the start, he had a strange talent for fighting, and could’ve been a good leader to the rest. He was capable more than the others.
Ronya…
Ronya was always different.
Sometimes I feel like this is all part of her games. The last time I saw Father… it’s been so long. He sees everything and shapes it however he wants. When the sun rised, I looked out past the hills. I couldn’t see anything but I imagined lying in the grass, splashing in the pond, all those stories you either hear… or know. Still, I can feel it something is stirring in the city too. When I was child, I saw a woman. She looked at me tenderly, innocently. Where had she come from? Why? A blurry image of her face still lingers in my mind. Just enough to haunt me. I still dream of her. And in the end… She always looks at me with tears in her eyes Before they take her away. And then she’s gone. Forever. When I arrived here, there were a few caretakers. We were just bunch of kids. we needed someone to guide us. But slowly, one by one, they disappeared. And only we remained. I remember leaning against the wall beside the stairs when I got here. No one even told me where my room was. It was getting dark. The others were sent to their rooms. Ronya saw me, sitting there alone. She said, “They won’t allow you to stay here. You have to go to your room.” But… I didn’t know where “my room” was. Suddenly, without a word, she grabbed my hand and pulled me up. I froze. What was that? It was strange… truly strange. As we wandered, trying to find my room, Reny noticed us. He joined our little dorm search team. The first room was Sai’s. Second, Arvin’s. Then Reny’s. And finally… mine and Ronya’s. It was oddly poetic that our rooms were side by side. Mine was directly across from hers ... just a few meters apart. * laugh Reny left, with his strange, joyful energy. Ronya said: “Well… that’s that. Now you know where to go.” Even then, I was still stuck in the feeling of her voice… her touch. I thanked her and stepped into my room. It was empty A bed, desk, chair. What can one possibly do with that?