Caerus

Chapter Four

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The man marched off in a random direction and measured footsteps taking him away from the slaughter.

"Hold on a minute" The girl said as she jogged along to keep pace with his long stride.  "You never answered my question."

The man simply walked forward not turning his head towards the child "It's an animal with a capability of flight"

"Fly like the starships" the child said with wonder

The man looked over, finally looking at the child "Are there no flying creatures on this planet."

"No, I honestly it is hard to imagine something as large as a polar bear flying through the air" The girl put her hand to her chin thinking "Maybe something like a wolverine could fly but how does something fly through the air? does it eject itself somehow?"

"Most creatures with the capability of flight, have wings in place of their arms.  There are some exceptions, but a good rule of thumb is that creatures require wings to fly." The man shook his head and looked forward. 

"You know a lot mister"

The man continued trudging along getting into deeper snow.

"Where are you going mister?"

"Nowhere in particular"

"Well that makes sense, You're headed in the direction no one's allowed to go."

The Man in black stopped and turned to her "No one"

The girl looked up looking into the man's serious eyes "Yeah, the person who lives in that direction owns this whole planet pretty much."

"Well then where can I go?"

"What are you looking for?"

"A drink." The man stated as he walked off to the right of the direction he had originally gone.  "Does this head anywhere?"

"To the mines." The girl said, stopping the man in his tracks once again "How about I bring you to my place to thank you for saving me from those traffickers."

The man shrugged his shoulders as the girl smiled in joy at being able to help the one who saved her in return.

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After some time of trekking through what seemed to be nothing but the same wilderness.  The blanket of snow which shown red with the sun disoriented the man in black He could be being led in circles and he would not be able to know for sure not knowing the rotation of the sun and stars in the sky.  But eventually they came upon a cluster of solid black trees from the branches to the trunk. There was not a leaf on them he could not tell if they were alive or dead. He simply stared at them fascinated as he continued to follow the girl on autopilot. 

The girl began to skip happily as she reached the tree line and began humming a tune to herself revealing a childish innocence which the man in black had not seen prior.  The effects of growing up in this harsh environment. especially in a universe where all humanoids are deemed inferior.  He thought to himself

The girls stopped and began to prance around a large black tree.  "Here we are" She saying in a sing song voice  "this is where I hide" every time she would prance behind the tree She would stop singing and just continue to hum until she made her way around "until I have to go into town… to get my necessities" The girl saying humming around the tree once more and then voice being cut off.