Lotus Flowers. Chapter 10. Self Reflections, or, The Broken One.
Babus Swain sits alone on a hill, staring out into the twilight. It had been three months since he and Ezel joined Clan Euphoria, to be with their sisters.
'I really don't understand life or aging...I'm only 23 but I look twice as old as Berbier! As the old Viera saying says, "Sacre Bleu!", that's another thing. Why did the individual languages dissappear? In Nu Mou, my name means "The Broken One", that's strange, especially because Cassidy means "Angel of Light"....I always knew my parents hated me, even before my dad started hitting me. Why, you ask? Because I'd rather learn music than magick. I played the Ocarina so well...I-I was always so mad at myself for being happy when my parents died...mother wouldn't even aknowledge my presence. Life in the Jagds was scary and painfull, but it was better for me...it got even worse at the palace...Shaheem would plant things on my person just so he could have a reason to beat me...he would tear into my hide so ferociously...I shed more blood there than I did in Dorsa! When Mewt was born, I was relieved...I buised myself with him so I wouldn't have time to think about my past....heh, it seems that with all I had been through, I'd hate the palace...But I will always love Lord Cid. He was like a father to me, he took Cass and I in, fed us, clothed us, put a roof over our heads...but I shall never forget who I am, I am Babus Mariku Swain--or "The Broken One-Ball of Pain-Lord Tounge"--unwanted son of Aldous and Iris Swain..well, "Ecreemano aorta grem!'
Well, how? No flame, please, now, let's all get ready for PRONOUNCING THINGS -with- SAFRA the MOOGLE! Remeber, kiddies, pronounce everything but the "kupo"! Let's GO!
SAFRA:Kupopo! You pronounce Mariku, Mah-REEK, kupo!