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Date Posted: 15:20:35 03/17/05 Thu
It is not very surprising that I did not stay long, nor even really settle. I began to feel restless soon after my things had come. I left Rose there, she had taken a fancy to one of the ochmen and I felt she was safe enough. I rode out not a week later, and have not looked back since. I miss Trevor in an odd way. I do not fear for him any longer, nor do I stress unduly about the future. It seems with the loss of the dream has come a great weight off of my shoulders..or perhaps it is just the defeat. I know not..nor do I really care any longer. I ride, I sleep when I am tired and eat when I am hungry. I have no other to watch over but myself, and I find myself seeking some danger or some excitement to stir my blood. Is it not the perfect irony that I can find none? I laugh as I write this, for irony has always been such a huge part of my life.
My travels have not been completely without some excitement however, for stopping in the village at the foot of the mountains, I overheard gossip of R'Auco. They were quite flustered it seemed, for several had died up in the ruins near town, and what I heard led me to believe it was the old beast. I rode straight out there of course, and leaving the horse below, climbed up. It was him of course, the wiley thing, flying down on me out of the dark. Bloody damned lucky he remembered me or I dare say he'd have bowled me over to the rocks below and disembowled me on the way. At any rate, he is my new traveling companion now..as I have sent the horse back. It is hardly my favorite way to cross the lands, but beggars cannot be choosers I suppose.
It seemed the best choice at the time..to run with him awhile, but I have rubbed him the wrong way once or twice already, and he huffs at me in frustration. Truly R'Auco is one of the best friends I have ever had, and I have known him a goodly long time..but he is the most stubborn of beasts and he no longer seeks adventures as I do. I do not mind the rest and relaxation though, and surely Id not be here..wherever here is..if it were not for him. Still, the pine here is sweet, the tang of salt promises we are close to the ocean, and there is noone at all to worry over. I rather like it here, and I enjoy R'Aucos company when he is not looking at me with that carnality that only he can hold. He is quite unhappy that I will not be bedded by him..and confused by it too I believe, for it is not in his way of thinking to understand it. Still, he has not left me in the middle of nowhere, and he seems willing enough to travel on with me for a time. I hope to come to some village or town soon, or at least a farm, for my supplies are low, and now that I have seen fit to deny him his release, he has seen fit to deny me sharing in his hunt. I cannot blame him however, and I do not, for I do not believe he would allow me to starve if it came down to it.
He is much softer at heart I think than he would have me believe, but I gave up trying to get him to show it years ago when I understood it was his way of self preservation..and just how important that is for R'Auco.
He is truly, one of a kind.
I think very little now about Ciro, or even of Khaless, and every mile I ride puts them behind me a little more. I am glad for it, and although I have lost the dream, I believe I have gained some of myself back.
My hand grows weary, and the fire grows dim.
~C~
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