Memoir of Xayah - The lost sparrow and the lonley fox

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« Can we talk in a proper way or do you feel more comfortable threatening me? » he asked her.

She did not say a word and she let her eyes speak for herself.

He was also trying to make some irony. If he had continued along that path, no one would have stopped her to slap his face.

« As you wish, I will make myself comfortable. » he said sitting near her.

She glanced quickly at the entrance. If she had run away in that moment, he would have never reached her. She could make an effort and bring her body to a safe place, before collapsing.

But only if in that shack they were just three people.

« I want to offer you a place in my gang, we need members like you. »

She bit her lip,nervous. He had spoken about a gang and usually, gangs did not have just two elements. There was someone else and she did not know how much they were strong or how they were armed. She could not base her calculations on the leader, it was not necessary that the one in charge was also the strongest of the group.

« I know that you had some bad experiences among humans, but... »

« Do not speak about things that you actually do not know. » silenced him.

She hated humans when tried to steal her feathers, but she hated them, even more, when they tried to be emphatic. They were beautiful words but wasted. None of them had ever helped her when she was in trouble. Was there actually value if their actions were completely different?

The boy chuckled and then he stood up, looking at her with his dark eyes.

She grabbed a feather, even if she knew that it was useless. But its softness was able to calm her a bit and to give her the strength to face him.

« If you think that humans are cruel only with you Vastayas, you are completely wrong.They also love to kill each other and to hurt their fellow man. » he said.

She looked at him with more hatred: she had mistaken her for a fool. A was was just over in those lands and only an idiot would not have seen all the destruction that it had brought.

Only human stupidity was so big to make some brothers fight each other.

« So do not think that I can not understand you. » continued the boy, raising up his shirt and revealing to her a scar on his trained body.

He was more strong of what she had thought, her chances to knock him out lowered. It was better if she just listened to his words without provoking him. And after she would have been able to ask for her release.

« This is a present from a noxian soldier before he killed my family. You are not the only one that had lost someone and, if you help me, we will not let this happen to other people. » he explained.

« Why? War is over,now you humans are living in peace. » said back to him.

He smiled mischievously.

« For now. The war against Noxus has proved how much Ionia is backward and outdated. Only with the semblance of a central administration we were able to defeat the enemy, without them we are an easy prey. »

It was a strange speech and she was not interested in it. He was just wasting her time and sooner or later her body would not be able to stand up, leaving to her only one choice: resting again.

« If we are able to unify this island under one government, we will become a strong power and we could finally rival the other nations. »he continued.

« And you will be the one to do that? » asked her with irony.

« This is the purpose of my gang, even if I prefer to call it "team". We will create a movement so powerful that  it will rule all Ionia and so also unify it. And I obviously will not exclude you Vastayas. You are a great resource that others have ignored for a long time. »

Or he was completely crazy or he was just a fool. It was impossible for a gang of little kid to achieve that goal, maybe only if they would have trained for years and years. It might also be a long term plan, but she still thought that he was unprepared to face the real treats of Ionia.

And she had seen them with her eyes. She would have never forgotten the darkness that had made all the village and her family disappear.

« We Vastayas are peaceful people, they will hardly follow you. » she replied.

She distanced her hand from her wing and she relaxed her muscles. She had understood that he was not going to attack her.Probably, If she listened to that speech and she declined his offer,she would have left unharmed.

« Say that to the guard that has bled to death. » he said.

He was ironic again,he was really trying to make her lose the patience.

« I kill because you had forced me. » replied surly.

« Oh, trust me,here everybody has a sad past that has made them assassins. By the way, we will continue our discussion later, when you will have rested. I can see that you barely stand on your legs. » said the boy, walking back to the entrance.

She cursed herself for having shown her weakness. She did not pay enough attention to the signals of her body and so she had condemned herself.

She collapsed,exhausted. If she had keep faking, it would have been useless,especially for an escape. Now she had understood that they would not harm her, so she could take advantage of their hospitality and regain strength. And then she would have run away.

« For now think about my offer and try to be less harsh. Even if you are adorable when you are angry, I prefer to have a normal conversation. »concluded the boy, before he went out of the room.

She deeply desired to stick a feather on his chest, but she could only gaze at him with hatred.

She would have rested and after nothing would have let her stay with that freak.