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===Ghost Fragment: Warlock=== | ===Ghost Fragment: Warlock=== | ||
Why did I set her on the trail? | Why did I set her on the trail? | ||
You try and try to explain, but no one ever understands. No one who's not a Warlock. Who hasn't spent a dozen years scouring the ruins for one string of symbols, one clean code, one black talon. Titans just make a hmphing noise, if they've stayed awake. Hunters clean their nails with their knives and look at you like you've grown a third eye. | You try and try to explain, but no one ever understands. No one who's not a Warlock. Who hasn't spent a dozen years scouring the ruins for one string of symbols, one clean code, one black talon. Titans just make a hmphing noise, if they've stayed awake. Hunters clean their nails with their knives and look at you like you've grown a third eye. | ||
But when you've spent your life searching through arcana for ancient power, you have the urge to reach out and educate others. Especially if you've had one too many. | But when you've spent your life searching through arcana for ancient power, you have the urge to reach out and educate others. Especially if you've had one too many. | ||
Nah, she's not my type at all. We've played dice, cards, war games, you know, the usual stuff. I'd never tried to show off before. I don't know what came over me. | Nah, she's not my type at all. We've played dice, cards, war games, you know, the usual stuff. I'd never tried to show off before. I don't know what came over me. | ||
I had a broken vertebrae in my pocket that I'd borrowed from - yes, borrowed, I was going to put it back - what do you think you are, my conscience? It was a fossil, that means mineral replacement, a rock, basically. They can survive a few hours in my pocket. Do shut up. | I had a broken vertebrae in my pocket that I'd borrowed from - yes, borrowed, I was going to put it back - what do you think you are, my conscience? It was a fossil, that means mineral replacement, a rock, basically. They can survive a few hours in my pocket. Do shut up. | ||
The Cryptarchs weren't going to miss it. Everyone knows the Ahamkaras were hunted to extinction. There's nothing to be afraid of anymore. | The Cryptarchs weren't going to miss it. Everyone knows the Ahamkaras were hunted to extinction. There's nothing to be afraid of anymore. | ||
Think of how mysterious this system is, I said. How much life sprang up when the Traveler came. Like the Ahamkara. Do you know the legends? The dragon that made promises? And I pulled out the fossil with a flourish - | Think of how mysterious this system is, I said. How much life sprang up when the Traveler came. Like the Ahamkara. Do you know the legends? The dragon that made promises? And I pulled out the fossil with a flourish - | ||
She pulled out her knife and started to pick the dirt from her nails. That set me off. | She pulled out her knife and started to pick the dirt from her nails. That set me off. | ||
You could never have brought down one of these, Isaid. Ever. Not the greatest Hunter, not the brawniest Titan. | You could never have brought down one of these, Isaid. Ever. Not the greatest Hunter, not the brawniest Titan. | ||
Her eyes narrowed. She said, Oh? Is that so? And I saw right then that she wasn't going to pass on the challenge. | Her eyes narrowed. She said, Oh? Is that so? And I saw right then that she wasn't going to pass on the challenge. | ||
I've murdered a Guardian, I thought. She's going to die. It'll be my fault. | I've murdered a Guardian, I thought. She's going to die. It'll be my fault. | ||
And I looked at the piece of spine in my hand and wondered - why did I say that? What moved me to such pride? | And I looked at the piece of spine in my hand and wondered - why did I say that? What moved me to such pride? |