Chapter Four
Vire
And back to what it was the voice had spoken, I stood on a dune over the city of Azhepenaxa with the mountain of Azhehiriri sitting over it like a guard.
This was where I was to find what I knew not of.
I did trust The Voice,
Abaramcheë
As I called it to lead me to and from, the adventure of mystic and confusion, of a great and a mustard
Of the strong and the weak.
That was what I thought of when The Voice came to me.
The great and the weak.
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I moved down the dune slowly and towards the city of Azhepenaxa
A place I hoped to find my answers.
And behind the big walls of this great city, I walked trying so hard to blend in like others.
Soon enough
I found out there was no need for me to blend in because no one paid attention to me.
It was a big city, merchants, and businessmen of good and abominable flocked around.
Why would anyone notice me?
The red brojack was protected by all means possible, nonetheless, I wasn't going to let my guard down. I did before and got attacked on my way to Sicj because I thought I was careful but right now, I took no risk at all whatsoever.
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What was it I needed to do here, who was I to find? What was I to find?
I couldn't just wander around, and by doing so, I'll attract more eyes to myself than that of a rattlesnake who drops dead in the middle of the square.
And speaking of square...
"Isbor?"
A female voice from behind calls to me. "and who..." My mouth glued shut, it was a very beautiful face behind the voice. "that's me."
"Good, come with me."
"Come with you?" That sounded funny but I needed to patch it up quickly "Why?"
"You want to know about that teleporting voice, or you want to keep on living in ignorance for the rest of your days?"
That was what I needed to hear, and it took a long time coming.
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"What are we doing here?" We had stopped and I needed to know why since I was following someone who I knew nothing of and trusted my life in her hands as she led me to nowhere.
"What does it look like I'm doing?"
"Stopping"
"And you're in doubt?"
"Should I not?"
"A man from Kurajir walking with someone he doesn't know after his life has been threatened twice. If you had no doubts, I would have taken you for a fool".
"How do you know that?" I felt uneasy and became edgy.
"Stop being edgy old man".
"Old man?"
"Yes, life is all about risk and old people rarely take those risks".
"I don't even know your name."
"Vire"
"What?"
"My name is Vire."
"That's a Kurajirian name"
"You have a problem with that?"
"I want to know."
"You want to know what?"
"Why do you have a Kurajirian name."
"Aft tu quara malu spek prapa tah"
"That's old Manaci"
"My father was Ulta Lastra."
"Ulta Lastra?" I was shocked because Ulta Lastra was one of Kurajir's high lords "You are not joking, are you?"
"I'm not"
"I... I don't understand".
"You want to know why I'm still alive?"
"Yes, because the high lords' families were killed first publicly".
"I was away with my vimiar Julay"
"Vimiar ? I thought they were extinct".
"You're so green."
Vimiar is a really rare animal, it looked like a sabre-tooth panther and was a very convenient animal for all seasons.
"When I got back from where I went with Julay I found everyone dead, all men and all women and all children, dead".
"I understand the feeling."
"Where were you?"
"Lying around the dead"
"You got lucky."
"Maybe that's the simple way to put it"
"Where's she?"
"She? Who's she?"
"The vimiar"
"How do you think you would feel when you see a vimiar Thirteen feet tall walking this street?"
"Thirteen feet tall?"
"Yes, and how did you know it's a she?"
"I might be naïve or green but I'm not stupid."
"I will see about that in time."
"So why are we here, why did we stop?" I was still curious and less edgy.
"Are you blind? We're standing before a food shop".
"Food sho-" Wait I was so filled up with this that I didn't look at where we stopped. "I'm hungry too."
"Oh yeah?"
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We arrived at the mountain, or a waterfall as it seemed, it was beautiful.
I didn't believe that I'd see something as beautiful as this view in this dark world.
"Here?"
"Yes here"
"It's... It's wonderful".
" I know, it is."
We've been walking for three days straight, and I wouldn't be happier if Vimiar had been here to lift me and make my burden less stressful.
"Stop thinking about her".
How did she know? I didn't even say that out loud.
"You didn't, I'm telepathic," she said so smiling.
"Keep yourself out of my head"!
"Okay warrior, just wondering when you will wake your Tiachikara"
"Tiachi- what now?"
"It's the power within, all Kurajirian have one. Why do you think we were hunted down and killed"?
"If we were so special, why didn't we stop it?"
"The table of four said not to."
Table of four is the council that decides the fate of Mëne and all life in Mëne rests in their hands... Maybe not all life.
"My life isn't in their hands."
"I'm warning you I'll strangle you with my tongue if you don't keep yourself out of my head."
Her laugh was an amazing view and was a soul warning to the ear, I could listen to it all day.
"They may be the ones sending those assassins to you."
"You think?"
"It is a theory"
"Are we going to let us stand here all day and look at this waterfall or we are going to keep going on to wherever you're taking me to? "
"We've been here the whole time, just stalling."
"And why is that."
"Because from today forward, your life is going to have meaning to it, not only meaning but also a direction."
"Yes, that happened to me on the day the voice spoke to me".
"Abaramcheë?"
"Yes, Abaramcheë why?"
"You're going to be in more shock than you are when you find out."
"Find out? Find out what?"
"Follow me"