Talking to a Friend

On his way back to the well, Professor Kal played an impromptu game of fetch with Trist. He'd throw a bone he'd received as a donation from an unlucky skeleton, then she would rush off to retrieve it, her tail wagging enthusiastically the entire time. He found it entertaining for a minute, but quickly grew bored. He was never one to particularly like pets, he just could never devote the time they required.

Finding himself before the well once again, with his new companion running circles around him, Professor Kal began to strip off his black robe. His goal was to simply find out what was at the bottom. The stagnant water acted as a perfect mirror, reflecting his haunting visage back at him. His two eye sockets flickered with flames of red, blue, and a black that absorbed the others. Trist, with her front paws on the lip of the well, whined as she watched him slip beneath the surface.

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