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On the Road

Lightning struck just outside, waking the light sleeping Mia. She turned over to be caught in the azure depths of Isaac's eyes.

After an eternity of staring, Mia spoke, "Hello there, how are you feeling?"

"." He didn't respond and just kept staring into her cerulean orbs.

Mia sighed and tried again, "Are you okay?"

This seemed to break Isaac out of his trance, but he still made no sound. Mia waited patiently as he turned his face away and still refused to speak.

"Why won't you speak?" Isaac could see the fire in the girl's eyes and he quickly casted around for something to write on.

His hand found purchase on some sand in part of the cabin. Isaac quickly spread this newfound writing surface before him and traced one word with his finger, 'mute'.

"Huh?" Mia questioned after seeing it. Isaac motioned to the word and then rubbed his throat with his hand.

"Oh." the monosyllable word of understanding brought faint tears to Isaac's eyes. He knew deep inside his heart that this girl would call him a demon like many before.

Surprisingly, she did not scoff at him, but brought him back under the warm blanket with her. Mia let his head rest on her bare shoulder while he soundlessly cried ceaselessly.

"It's alright," she whispered on his ear, "There is nothing wrong with being mute."

She stroked his hair lovingly and whispered reassurances in his ear for the rest of the night. The storm without raged on as the two snowbound humans struggled to survive the night.

Morning peaked over the high mountains of the Goma Range as the two sleepers awakened. Mia stretched inside the blanket and realized something in the middle of doing so.

"What is your name?" she asked curiously.

Isaac looked dumbfounded for a moment before deducing that he knew naught of her name. He quickly scrawled the five letters of his name in the sand on the sand in front of him.

"Isaac," Mia tested it on her tongue and found it rolled of easily. "My name is Mia," Mia put in happily.

Isaac smiled at the display of delight. Isaac looked back to the sand and hastily sketched a map. It showed squiggly lines that were around a dot with two lines going north and south. The one to the north was labeled Imil and the one south was branded Biblin. He seemed to be asking her opinion.

Mia thought for a moment as memories passed through her mind. Imil held so many of the sad memories for her, from her parents' mysterious deaths to her hard life after. Even her long servitude with Alex reminded Mia why she stayed away from Imil.

"Let's go to Biblin."

The storm without slowed and soon the world around again became clear. Isaac quickly finished attaching his armor and Mia dressed in some spare clothes Isaac gave her. Soon they started their long march to Biblin.

"Isaac," Mia said as she walked up behind him, "What will we do once we reach Biblin?" Isaac just shrugged his shoulders and kept walking.

Mia stayed silent for seconds when a question came unexpectedly, "Isaac, did you find anyone else alive with me?"

Isaac shook his head, remembering the extreme looks of pain of pain on the other wagons occupant's faces. To his surprise, Mia smiled as if she had been lifted of a great burden.

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