By the time Norah woke up, Lawrence was gone. He left early, before dawn.
Lawrence looked ahead, and was nearing the edge of the forest. He could somewhat see Kumersun in the far distance, but it was quite blurry and obscured by the trees from where he was at the moment. He continued walking at quite a fast pace, the limp he had gotten from a previous battle becoming apparent. Lawrence wanted to see Mark and ask him a few things.
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He reached the edge of the forest, with the town of Kumersun clearly in the distance. Lawrence looked around, and spotted something peculiar and odd: There was a house not too far from theforest. Lawrence saw two figures running across the fields and back, near the house. He continued walking on the path, which got pretty close to the house.
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After a while of walking, he got to the side of the house, and pretty near it. He avoided it, but the two figures who were running were children. They crashed into Lawrence. He fell to the ground with a loud thud, and the two figures were looking at him to check if he was ok.
"Hello? Man?"
"Who is this gray haired man?..."
Lawrence quickly stood up and picked up his bag, but then he noticed something on the figures.
One was a little boy, with short gray hair, and the other was a girl with reddish hair.
Both had piercing amber eyes, wolf ears, and a tail.
He stumbled back in shock. These two were the children of Amati and Holo.
The boy looked at the dazed Lawrence and said with a smile, "My name is Muri!"
The girl then followed as well, "My name is Paoi, but I like to have the same name as my mom, so just call me Holo."
It was true. They were their children.
Lawrence fought back the tears, and hid his face with his hood because a few were forming in his eyes. He mustered the best straight voice he had, and handed the robe that he kept for years to the little girl.
"Please give this to your mother, and tell her that I'm sorry."
The girl grabbed it, and asked, "What is your name?"
"My name is Kraft Lawrence, but you can call me Lawrence."
Muri and Norah rushed back to the house, where there was another figure standing there. It was Holo.
"Hey you, man, stop there!"
However, as soon as Norah handed Holo the robe and his message, she stopped yelling and instead came running after him. He was already back on the path, walking with a limp toward Kumersun. She quickly caught up to him, and she pulled him back towards her. Holo took a glance at Lawrence: His eyes were red and wetness were still on his cheeks. He was crying.
"You fool, you idiot, you heartless piece of..." She hugged him tightly.
"I missed you, you idiot" She said as she began to cry softly in his arms.
"What about Amati and these children?"
"Amati never cared about me. I left him, searching for you. I heard the rumors of a heartbroken merchant becoming a mercenary, often visiting towns to talk about his story at taverns, but I could never find you. These children are yours, Lawrence. Not Amati's. We never even got married."
They embraced eachother, and kissed eachother passionately. They hadn't seen eachother for so long.
They talked to eachother while Paoi and Muri were playing close by,