"Who the hell are you?"
"I would say the same thing. Who are you?"
"Yap."
"Yap?"
"Yap."
"This is a weird week. Okay, well, here's your daughter. We found her at the market after being pushed over by some bully."
"Asura here pushed her."
"Why couldn't you just shut up?"
"Stay away from my daughter."
"He slammed the door on us."
"Do you still want to get hanged on that tree?"
"..."
"Magrathea? Ah. Quick bastard. Wait for me!"
*
"Magrathea? Magrathea? Hiding doesn't help, I could flatten the forest if I wanted and you know I would."
"Snort."
"Snort? Oh, it's just you. Don't sneak up on people like that, Richard, you might kill them with those tusks of yours. Have you seen your lord and master?"
"Snort."
"No not that one. That one is a woman. And that's his mother. I'm looking for Magrathea. The short one. With the anger problem."
"I'm up here, dumbass."
"Ah Magrathea! I knew you were up there."
"Okay, Lord Prickface, sure."
"I should never have taught you those words. Why are you so pissy today? All I did was insult your family honor."
"Nothing."
"You're hanging from a tree and I didn't put you there. Is say you're thinking about something. That's rare."
"It's increasingly common. Shut up."
"I didn't know you were a girl."
"Why?"
"I think I see a red-argh!"
Another day passed, and another day came. But the village never saw the two idiots again until the following day.
Mainly because they were busy. But it maybe because the village was on fire.
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Before The Fall (origins)
FantasíaTwo boys. One in size and one at heart. One hell of a childhood. Note: If you want, skip to the chapter labelled Fishing. That's a good a place to start as any. But if you don't mind boringly vague exposition, go ahead and start from the beginni...
