03-25-2018, 05:29 AM
There's none so blind as those who will not listen.
Too long. He has been away too long. And for that he only has himself to blame. Something he does too. Not the Reckoning, or the fairies, or Gryffen – though the pale wraith is to blame for a lot of other bad things in his life – no, the real blame here lies with him. Brynmor himself. Not something to be proud of.
He has been weak, both in actions and heart. Unable to face his own demons, demons he had beat before, but who had gotten back at him. He’d gotten too used to luxury, relied on his fulfilled wish too much. And so, when the fairies had removed all their given gifts, the demons had seen the chance to deliver their payback. Succeeded at it too. Laughed in his face when the fairies restored magic.
The only demon that shows, is his own reflection in the river’s surface.
It’s wobbly and deformed, also paler than he remmebers, the water rushing by too fast across many rocks and other unevenness. But it is the only right reflection. Brynmor is the demon, his own personal demon. He has dragged himself down, and now threatens to pull others down with him.
If there only someone would appear, to show him the right path again. Like Hurricane had done long ago. Once he had been strong enough to get back out of the dirt by himself – or had it only been a well-hidden façade? – but Brynmor is not strong. He’s weak. Has not taken care of himself, failed to do so, as he first had fought his demons, then given in to him.
BRYNMOR
@[devin]