The Shadow of the Accursed Executioner

The Hidden Silver [P]

Of inside were walls... Bamboo were these... I believe, I had thought..
        The 'bamboo', like wet darks of all shadows, and of shades, layerings like over colours of oaks and slashed browns, many wearily, as its boundaries forming, from beyond around huddle rows of straw and stone shacks, residing each enough, between, that as distancing each homes toward their sites out along lanes of gaps in-between, as vague, and shade-filled paths, seemingly, that any able be of man can to through from between, or along, appearing from behind. As further were to a turning of left that would lead, as another path as well residing as straight. As formations all along were there more of the shacks to had saw from where I am be upon the seat of Aggru's saddle, from the begins of the entrance, from first of the main path within this village's side and by-side, stone-neat shacks among their lanes of so.... so very pure silences... here, that were as silent, like to the weavings of hidden webs. ...And toward beyond the village, jutting...were, for the masts of a tall, and docked ship. And, were another, but this other—could I barely even seen, from atop by over my coming horsing... To a much, and much smaller, runt ship.. And as still, with any peoples of the tribe, were to nowhere to be seen, nor, no even—toward over a slink of a person tilting about. So be, so then to had remained here...of an empty village. So greatly very empty, that had it had almost gone even caused I in an evoking, for to wonder, perhaps, had if, if they had all been swept by away from the natures of the Lands of Outer here instead. However... But as still, as I were to pressed on. Continual, on I trotting.
        But ends this main path, would a man to would appears from at the end. From out, of a slight wider, and a slight taller, stone shack. Than of all, of the others. And all neat, were these stone surfaces, these homes, to had looked, why if, had all these homes were had been polished by generations of laboured hands long 'go, again, and again. As such, to the maintaining of a village, that had phased I within a hide of dismay expression... from since, when I had passed just through, of between those grotesquely cages, of the chattering rats.
        Now, as I had halt upon Aggru, to before this left turn through this main path. Remaining upon, I's own upon my saddle as the figure, from the higher, stone home, were to continued to have approaching, forwardly. As the figure's right arm were be concealed, by a long and black drape of clothe, that had lowed till beside the figure's knees, with of brightly pale legs. Wearing on an armoured waist of too linking, and brightly bones along rows, and below, were the man's pale and long feet, (but had hear to the rat tribe, were of always on their bare feet. For thus they could lessen to the sensing of the tracker, within their presence, from inside this open village), regardless, the face, concealed by a plating of mask, I resume, to examined; arching, as two low fangs of bone, and as two higher horns of bone, with silver hair to had topped his mask—yet now, but wanting—...wanting, to had witnessed, to the colour of his eyes within, as well, I-I—I-I had thought...
        (...!)
        ...For w-why, were his skin so pale and as pale, as Pale L-Line, I-I...—I had thought??
        To believe this as a presence, like an unbelieving of vision... ...To had known now this, were of a man—of a man, a pale man, of samely even height to as I and as all the same physique. But as exception he the bigger a slight, at the arms and in the thighs and his half-clothed chest than in I, of the muscular. As his opposite, unclothe arm, would to completeness depict down along, in of black ink. That were of vague and wind symbols, trailing, till into the tips of his pale and slender fingers, that were nails within the coats of black polish. And, hiking effortless, from in the grips, of his decorate hand of the vague symbols, were to a twinblade of bone. That had formed as the seeming pairing from within the centre of this weapon's, its seeming form, by in an alignment of lock. The bone hilts, linking, within their guards, jointly, that therefore had it had forming into as a bone cross. Like an extension grip. So, as its currently, now, as the twinblade form, that it is.
        Then stopped would, the pale and masked man, passing slightly over the sharp diverge as he would wear on, over an ivory necklace. Linked through, with to the strung remains, of the skeletal bodies of rats, all around. Thus now, had the closer, he had come, with a more clearer sighting to before the pale man of tribe, however...but, to what to being down along his arm of conceal... Were an arm that would protrude down along in as growths of dulled stones through beneath his black clothe. From his shoulder, lumping down, till it roughly, to have ending... From at the uppermost of his forearm...