I remember meeting her for the first time. He was carrying her in on a stormy night. It had been raining heavily that night. He held her close, her shivering wet body. He took her in, helped make her well again. She did become well again, she thanked him for everything and would have left very soon. But he asked for her to stay, a job offer. I remember it clearly...she looked straight up at him, her big purple eyes, bright and happy as ever....she said yes with a smile on her face.
Oh how I regret smiling that day.
The first few months went fine. Normal. Me and him would go around the facility making sure everything worked. But after I got cloned he changed, she saw it too. She had been there for him after I became frozen like this. I remember. Her once bright eyes slowly became closed up, lost. But then...then...then he hurt her.
I saw it through my clones eyes, he had grabbed her hair after she was getting ready to go to her room. He pulled her to the public room. Threw her to the ground. She should have died that day, but she looked up. Looked up at him, his knife struck her eye. I know someone else who saw it.
Lalnable saw it, he was scared and angry. I remember he attacked him. Him....he...Xephos. I remember running in there and grabbing Endress as she simply stared as her rolling eye. Her eye had been pulled out by the knife and was now just rolling about. There was so much blood as I helped her up, taking her to the sidelines, grabbing a cloth and putting I around her eye socket.
She was in shock. She never said a word. She just stared. I remember, after Lalnable had his attack and had knocked Xephos unconscious. He walked over and sat down by her, pulling off his coat and put it to her eye. I looked at him and I finally noticed that he had a patch over his eye.
"I'm sorry this happened to you..."
"Endress."
"Know that the dwarf can make you a replica eye. I will watch you to keep you safe." with that he got up and left. She had turned to me, with a pleading look I got up and took her hand, "Go grab your things," I had said, "You need to leave this place."
Once I finished the eye I gave it to her, I saw her turn to me. Frowning, "What about you?" she asked me. I remember...i remember what I said.
"He needs me. I'm the last thing that keeps part of his mind in the clear. Please...just go." I whisper, hearing him call out our names. She nods, running out. I had sighed and turned around.
And there was you.
Thus ends the story of that girl. Endress. I think I saw her a few times....but she had her eye covered. Poor girl. Poor you.
