Flash Fiction # 647 -- Windbound/2

 That made a clean circle for Hwan.  He looked at the Goddess for a long moment and then at his hands, no doubt considering the power he had carried."May one ask a question?" he said.She nodded and waited patiently for the question."Why?" He began and then stopped again. Courage came to his face. "Why didn't you stop me before I got to the Emperor's Palace?""What you carried remained