Let me tell you something. You don't know
anything. When you are really under attack, you
are going to do two things: freeze and panic.
Sometimes if you're really lucky, you'll lose control of your bowls.Â
'Idontwanttodieidontwanttodieidontwanttodieidontwanttodie.'Â
Pretty much what I expect I'd do.
Bos jerked back from being struck in the
shoulder. The arrow fell harmlessly to the
ground; it's round tip banging against a rock.
Bos rubbed his bruised shoulder, then started firing his very lethal arrows.
I didn't see this at the time. I saw someone I
had been talking to get hit by an arrow. I
scooted away from Bos, until I bumped against a tree.
"James!" Nemo yelled out. "James get behind me!"
I shook my head. I don't think he could see me.
In fact I know he couldn't. He just assumed I was in trouble.
'I don't want to be here.' Nemo yelled out again
and this time I screamed. 'No no no.' I blocked
my ears and closed my eyes. Only a second later
an arrow flew past my head. 'I have to get out of here.'
If I had been calm, I would have realized Misha
was combat hardened and ready for something like
this. He remained calm and was already directing
those in our group who had bows on where to
fire. Nemo meanwhile had managed to engage one
of the hunters directly and already had him on his back.
We were actually winning the day despite being
caught off guard. Except for Misha, none of us
had been on patrol before, but all of us had been in combat.
All that is, except me. The closest I had come
to combat was the assassination attempts that come with being nobility.
As such my reaction till now had been to panic.
But my fear was now welling up in me. So I did the only thing I could do.
I ran. I stumbled to my feet and ran deeper into
the forest. Nemo yelled at me but I didn't care anymore.
I just had to get out of there.
Bad choice, James. Bad choice!
But he couldn't do that. Berl had been a coward,
he couldn't go home. All he could do now was walk.
Yeah, Berl definitely seems to be James-like.
"We need to get this," Misha gestured at the
prisoner, "Back to Metamor Keep. We need to not
run off half cocked into the forest dragging a
prisoner and people who have been shot by arrows."
"Non-lethal!" Nemo knew the fox was right
though. He sighed. "First chance we get, we come back for him."
"We will." Misha said.
I'm curious why they would be hunting Keepers
using non-lethal weapons. Very peculiar. I'm sure we'll learn more.
May He bless you and keep you in His grace and love,
Charles Matthias
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