See no evil - The awakening

Morning Cas

—She will be scared. Act normal, be normal, be Luc.

I was growing stronger each day and now I could also hear his thoughts. It was harder, not as clear as with other beings, I had to try and they came in waves. But I could hear his voice in my head.

—I'm not scared. –I said as I walked down the stairs.

I wasn't, it was just him and me, and I could control him if it was just the two of us. He didn't even turn around, he was squeezing some oranges into a glass. I sat on a stool on the kitchen isle and he turned and offered me the fresh juice. —Don't do that.

—Don't sit?

—You know what I mean.

—Don't read your mind? –I said to his mind.

—Don't do that either. –He shook his head as if he could remove me from inside it.

He looked so normal, he wasn't trying to be the monster, he was trying to be the man and succeeding at it.

—You have me here, now what?

—Well now... –he walked around the counter towards me and quickly kissed my cheek —Now we go back to how things were.

—You know that can not happen Luc... if that's really your name.

—It's my name for this century. –He sat beside me.

—Century... –I rolled my eyes and drank my juice.

—Yes, I'm quite older than you.

—How much older?

—Some centuries older.

I didn't answer, just nodded and continued with my drinking.

—What would you like to know? To make you go back to normal.

I laughed. —Luc, there's no back to "normal". You threatened to kill people, you hurted people, you hurted me, you killed people, you made me leave... –I took a deep breath and drank another sip.

—Let's get rid of the elephant in the room shall we? –He stood up and faced the window. I could see his silhouette being drawn by the rising sun. —Yes, I'm a hunter. I was born or created centuries ago to maintain the balance of nature.

—To kill people you mean. –I interrupted.

—Yes, to kill people and maintain the balance of nature.

—I know the story. –I stood up too and sat on the sofa to be able to see his face.

—So you know I'm telling the truth. I was created for that purpose. Eidolon's were out of control, one of them...

—I told you I know the story. –-I interrupted him again.

He sighed. —I was the first one. And I got bored and stopped.

He had my attention now.

—I wanted to try and be... human for a while. –he continued. —But things didn't work out as I planned, someone I loved got killed and I got dark.

I laughed and he looked at me. —Someone you loved? You think I'll fall for that? You are bad because they hurt you?

His face turned killer dark again and he moved quickly and sat besides me on the sofa. I could see his discomfort, I could hear him swallowing trying to keep his cool. —Yes Cas, someone I love was killed and I lost every reason to stop hunting, so I started once more, but this time I hunted everything that reminded me of what I had lost.