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The Phantom
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Aug 26, 2013 12:45PM
"At least what?" He moved slightly away, tentatively.
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"At least I don't scare you as most as others." She said with a small smile. "Youst know I never intend to hurt people unless I have to, meaning if they provoke I will attack."
"And my paranoia makes me think that that would be the first thing you said if trying to gain my trust, in order to later slay me."
"That makes sense, but, believe me not if you wish, I have never slain another person before. Never. Harmed them, yes, but killed? No." She shook her head.
"And yet further you would worm into my trust, as my twisted brain tells me. But, rationally I know I have no reason to distrust you."
She gave a short, humourless laugh. "You may distrust me if you wish, but in time you will realise I mean you no harm."
"More honeyed words, and yet still you carry arms, my paranoia speaks loud. I can trust you though, I think."
"My weapons are with me because they are never not with me. As I have told you before, it is not unusual where I come from- and besides, I had been out hunting before we found this... place."
"Repeated lies are lies still," Kharn pointed out, "But I trust you not to repeat such things, nor speak them in the first instance."
She sighed. "Is it really that difficult to believe I was born in 1229?"
"Yes, for I was born after the year 1900. I know little else, but that much I know, that then was not I living."
She shook her head. "Impossible..." but she was talking more to herself than anyone else.
"No, you are the impossibility here."
"NO, no, no, this maze thing must be impermeable to time... but allows time travel, allowing other people from other centuries to access it..." She said with a frown.
"Oh, you give me yet another reason to be afeared. why does everyone see the need to mock the coward?"
"I am not mocking you, I am simply stating a theory," she said with an apologetic smile.
"A theory that cravens find fearful."
"I- oh, I see why." She said. "By the way, my name's Elva."
"Kharn. It's not my true name, but I have long forgotten that."
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((wait.....another timetraveler O_o))
She nodded. "Well, Elva's a shortened form of Evanescence."
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"Thank you, though of course I cannot know you are not lying."
She rolled her eyes with a small chuckle. "I'm not lying."
"I don't think you are. But I simultaneously can't possibly believe you."
"Cowards can't afford to trust anyone, apart from those they think can keep them safe. You've never killed a man, so, and no offence, I can't say I think you quality."
She laughed. "No offence taken."
"Good. Though I was rather hoping you'd dispute the point of your skill at arms. Oh well."
"If you want me to dispute that-" She stood up, nocked an arrow to her bow and took a shot 18 meters away. The arrow shaft whistled into the keyhole of one of the doors, her target.
"Hmmm. Maybe it would be worth trusting you. Would you think you can protect me?" He asked, without shame or guilt at the question.
"Depends if I strike up enough courage to kill a person attacking us." She said and bit her lip.
"I don't see why not," she said with a shrug.
He looked at her, and flew forwards, embracing her in a show of thanks and friendship.
She hugged him back, surprised.
Remembering himself, he broke away, and dusted himself down. He looked at her, grinning, safe.
She smiled at him and said, "Friends?"
She grinned. "This day is getting weird. My first friend is from a different century. BUt I think that's really cool." She grinned at him then said, "Thanks."
She smiled and then walked to the door, pulling the arrow out of the keyhole. SHe put it back in her quiver and shouldered her bow.
He walked to her. "If you'd been hunting, do you have any food? I'm famished."
She tossed him a strip of dark red, tough meat. "It's dried roe buck."
He caught it and chewed it eagerly, savouring the taste of meat in his mouth after so long.
She smiled and took out another strip for herself.
He tore at his ravenously, realising just how hungry he was.
"It's good energy," she told him and tore her strip in half.
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Soon he had devoured the strip, and stood there, silently shocked by himself.
