It's going to be ok

nic had brought the girl to the cave, during this time his mind was fixated on the croc monster, his stomach was yawning for its meat.

nic lay the girl down and did not waste no time as he rushed back to where he placed phyora.

phyora was still smoking as it continued to born away the soul of the croc, the ground where it pierced was black as the grass in which was there before was turned to ash.

nic grabbed the sword and dive down into the river, before long he shot back out of the river holding the tail of the massive crock.

if It was not for the gift of phyora he would not have been able to drag it out from the depths of the river.

it's weight was that of four tons, nic was still in his fairies peak but was not able to lift such a heavy creature, he was still able to drag it.

he found that this took up to much time and it was already getting dark, to save time and his strength he cut it in eight pieces and carried two as he was planning to make trips.

but as he came back from his second trip he found that the meat of the croc was missing.

"shit these damn monsters!" nic shouted as thier was no other explanation as to why his meat have gone missing.

"GRR!" as though to respond to nic shout a monster can be heard in the bushes next to him.

gulp, nic swallowed his saliva as he turned tail and ran.

"shit my big mouth" nic thought as he vanished behind the waterfall, the monster didn't give chase as it was enjoying its fill of croc meat.

inside nic prepared the meat, he pierced an arm of one of the four pieces of meat that he was able to bring into the cave before the monster eat the rest, using phyora to roast the arm of the croc monster that was half the size of nic himself.

after roasting the meat phyora turned all black and cold as it had burnt away the last bit of the croc soul.

nic did not mind this as he known that the blade will burn away the soul eventually, he grabbed the leg and began to munch away.

while eating he felt odd as though someone was looking at him.

he turned to his surprise, it was the little girl he saved, her beautiful black eyes overshadow her disfigured face.

she did not move, neither did she say a word, she layed exactly the same spot that nic left her with her head turned in his direction.

"ohh you awake" nic said as he looked at the girl, he felt relieved because he thought like him this girl may sleep for weeks.

"what's your name?" nic asked as he got closer to where she was laying, but their was no response, nic thought this was a sign of fear,but the girl then moved her hand and pointed it towards her mouth.

"you hungry?" nic asked as he was confused, she shaked her head side ways, she then repeated the signs over, she pointed at her mouth and slowly shaked her head.

"is something wrong with your mouth?" nic asked as he was puzzled.

hearing what nic said, she responded to this by shaking her head up and down.

nic was not one to be dumb he quickly figured out what she was trying to say, "it seems that for some reason she is not able to speak" nic thought.

but the girl was not finished as she then pointed at her legs and shaked her head side to side.

"so you cant walk or talk?" nic was shock and needed to make sure that his judgment to her signs were not wrong.

the girl simply smiled signaling to nic that he was right.

nic looked at the girl as he was saddened by the girls condition, her bright eyes kept looking at nic, he can see by the numerous scares on the girl that her life was not easy.

"can you write in human language" nic asked as each species had their own way of writing, it was as though to show that they are different, although everyone in the continent of Skyro speak the same language each race writes differently.

the girl shaked her head up and down, "GREAT!" nic was relieved and sat the girl upright, he then went for a piece of stick and gave the girl.

nic then went for some water and wet the ground besides her, "you should be able to write in this" nic said as he looked at the girl.

"alright when I ask a question you write here" the girl nodded her head in response to nic.

"alrit let's start off by asking what's your name?" nic said as he watched the sweet little girl pick up the stick and began to write.

the way she wrote was as though she held professionalism in her writing it was full of perfection.

"My name is Charlotte" that was the sentence left in the mud.

"Charlotte" nic mumbled as he knelt down and was face to face with the girl.

nic then began to ask more questions he found out that she was ten and she was born unable to speak, when asked about how she was not able to walk she did not write but instead shook her head left and right violently, tears can be seen building up in her eyes.

nic grabbed her shoulders softly and stopped her "its alright you don't have to tell me" nic said as he smiled at Charlotte.

nic then turned back into his original form, the main reason he stayed in fairies peak was to get the meat to the cave in the first place now that it is being eating by another monster there was no reason to stay in it.

as Charlotte saw this her smile became brighter and her cheeks and eyes showed that she was overjoyed, she began to write without nic asking any questions, as nic looked at what she was writing he was suddenly shocked.

"i am a Halfling" she wrote, nic was surprised as she then smoothed out the mud to write again, she only had a little spot to write so after writing a sentence she had to smooth out the mud to write again.

"my mother is a human"

"my father is a elf"

"i lived above" she pointed upwards when she wrote this.

"do you mean on this mountain?" nic asked, in response she nodded her head and began to write again.

"we are elf spies"

"we spy on beastmen"

nic shivered as he then realized that she was saying that a village of spies lived on the mountain, he had one encounter with the elves and he knew how crazy they were, deep down he was hoping she did not want him to carry her up.

"do you want me to take you back?" nic asked as he smiled at Charlotte, she began to shake her head violently left and right again, she dropped her stick and covered her face, tears can be seen pouring through her fingers.

seeing this nic started to put things together since he was a halfling himself, he knew the struggle of living in the world as a halfling.

without a thought nic hugged her and brought her head to his shoulder, "it's going to be ok" he said as he comforted the little girl.