The second of my Cross Guard drabbles. Now, it needs to be noted that these drabbles don't really follow any sort of order whatsoever. I might jump from Second War-times Cross Guard, to First War-times, and forward to several years after the Second War.

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You're Gonna Go Far, Kid

Danna had been wandering in the wilds for several days before Alan found him. His blonde hair was matted and horrendously tangled, his blue eyes were bright and impossibly huge, and he wore such an expression of innocent wonder and glee that at first, Alan thought he'd summoned a child.

But no, Danna was a man, even if he was unusually short. In the times to come he would prove his worth over and over again.