Olaf stumbled and came to a halt.
"Please, don't dawdle," his companion said evenly, though it was clear he was irritated.
"Why are the trees red?"
"It's blood. What other color would it be?" the man explained impatiently. "Come on, move along!"
"I don't want to," Olaf shook his head.
"Then you have no choice," his companion smirked. "The Black Abyss is a place of certainty. All choices are made above. Down here, you simply do as you're told."
"Who says?" Olaf retorted stubbornly.
"In your case — me," the Abyss dweller began to spread darkness around him again.
"Alright! Alright! No need for darkness! I'll go!" Olaf cried out, recalling the viscous non-existence.
The companion flashed a sharp smile and nodded towards the gates.
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Historia CortaThese are short stories, small stories, excerpts from books on arts of Ol Albireo. Here are mysticism, science fiction, fantasy, novels. Here are the diamond city and worlds under the rule of Emperors. Magical and, seemingly, ordinary.
