Candle in the window
Hello. *Blink*
Chapter 11
"What do you want from me?" Kai-Stern flopped back in the soft chair and folded his arms.
"An answer." Tethis sat like patience on a monument.
"I told you." Light yellow eyes looked away.
"'I don't know,' is hardly an answer to the question, 'where have you been for the last nine days?' Wouldn't you think so." Black eyes, like the night itself, watched his fellow dragon officer.
"Why are you asking me anyway?" He stood defying the authority that Tethis represented. "I've never been so heavily questioned before." the albino made the point.
"You're report," The security officer held up some papers. "was never so full of holes."
"My reports are always full of holes." he stomped his foot.
"That has always been obvious to me, however," the raven haired dragon stood and offered the papers to Kai-Stern, "these reports are not just from you."
"What are these?" Kai-Stern sat down. Light yellow eyes skimmed over the important bits. "Found at the East entrance... wounded...mummbling?" The albino let the papers hit the small table between them. "Did I say something strange?"
"Yes, but those reports are confidential." Tethis sat across from his fellow officer and crossed his legs.
"Don't give me that." Kia-stern looked at him squarely. "You act as though I'm being accused of something."
"That is not my intention." Tethis admitted. "However, when too many possiblities remain, safety becomes an issue."
"I understand your position, belive me. So I'm asking you to understand mine." light yellow eyes were serious.
"You really don't remember do you?" Dark eyes confirmed.
"No." he shook his frosty head. "I wish I did."
"I was hoping some rest would allow you to speak more easily about what happened. I was at least hoping for you to tell me, 'I can't tell you.'" Tethis took the papers from the table. "Things being the way they are. I'm afraid I'll have to ask you to remain in the palace, under guard, until we figure this out."
"Under guard? You can't be serious." Kai-Stern stood, furious. Even staying for these past days, the castle has made him feel clostriphobic. People were already looking at him with confusion, worry and even...suspicion. But to be forced to stay and under guard would make his home feel like a prison. "I should be going back to Luwa. That's where all of this happened don't you see? I could go figure out..."
"Kai-Stern please don't make this difficult." The security officer stood with him. Those dark eyes were intimidating, even more so than usual. "We have many enemies as you are well aware, we can't afford to take such risks."
"Risks?" Kai-Stern had seen it before, a person being used by the enemy with malicous intent. But to be listed among the possible cantidates was never something he imagined. The possiblity is always there but you could never prepare yourself for it.
"Think about it. In your last memory of Luwa someone tried to kill you. And you, yourself, admit you don't know how you survived or where you've been."
"All the more reason..." Kai-Stern bit the inside of his lip. //All the more reason I should leave the castle.//
"Nine days later you're back in Draqueen, in the castle grounds to be more precise. Don't you think it's odd that none of the citizens of the city reported seeing you on your way to the castle?" Tethis explained. "The guards that found you said you ordered them to take you to Lord Lykouleon, but you colapsed before you could reach him."
"Lykouleon?" He held his head trying to concentrate. Did he really do that? Why couldn't he remember? Tethis' silence didn't sound good. Light yellow eyes looked at the black dragon officer.
"Tell me Kai-Stern." Black eyes peirced into him. "What would you have done, if you had reached the Lord?"
"I..." The albino wanted to defend himself. He wanted to tell the secruity officer there's nothing to worry about. That he would never harm Lykouleon, never...but...in all honesty, he couldn't remember.
Kai-Stern frowned, angry with himself, angry with the world. Why must everything go wrong all at once? First Lykouleon asked the impossible from him, then Luwa and the cliff, and now apparently he was a danger to himself and others. //Great, just great. All I need now is a hole in my head.//
"Can you tell me with absolute certainty that you were in complete control of yourself? If so, what was so urgent that you neglected you're own health, demanding to see the Lord?" Tethis waited patiently for the answer.
"I don't remeber." Kai-Stern told him simply. It was the plain and frustrating truth.
"Then let us error on the side of causion." Tethis counciled. "Please stay in the castle."
"I understand." he nodded. "But please, no guard."
"Kai-Stern."
"Please!" he insisted. A moment of silence passed between the dragons.
"I understand." The brunet nodded finally and put the reports on his desk. "I'll have to increase our common guard, perhaps that will be enough. As long as you promise to report anything unusual right away, either in behavior or feeling. You must promise."
"I promise." the frosty haired secritary of foreign affairs nodded begrudgingly.
"Thank you." The security officer nodded in a bowing fashion. "That is all, you may go if you like." Tethis sat at his desk once again. The albino was half way out the door when something occured to him.
"Acctually," Kai-Stern closed the door. "There's a private matter...I need some advice on."
"Private matter?" Tethis put down the papers he had been reviewing. "What is the nature of this private matter?" He leaned back in his chair.
"I've," Kai-Stern struggled for the words, "uncovered some feelings I have for someone close to me. This person, we've been friends for some time, and," //It's vague enough he wouldn't know who I'm refering to right?//
"I want to tell this person how I feel." the blue dragon officer continued. "But I made a mistake and we've been avoiding each other ever since." His face felt hot, but he suppressed this feeing as much as possible. "If we aren't meant to be, that's fine. I'd settle for our friendship back. But I don't know what to do now."
"The mistake you speak of...is it so unforgivable?" Tethis asked.
"I, I don't know." he shook his frosty hair. "This person is married and I...We kissed." Even thought the albino whispered his cheeks burned. Tethis looked surprised for a moment then caught himself.
"I see." the black haired officer closed his eyes and laced his fingers. He was silent for a moment as if pondering this dilema. But there was more Kai-Stern had more to tell.
"This person already has a happy relationship with someone else." The albino explained. "This person is married and wants to have children. I don't like the idea of interfering with that relationship this person already has."
"I see." Tethis nodded and after a moment spoke again. "My advice to you is to find someone else."
"But..." Kai-Stern's heart sank.
"Even if this person does share you feelings. Think about the pain and guilt she'll carry with her from her former relationship. She'll be happy with you I'm sure, but she'll always regret losing her former marrage." the black dragon officer reasoned. "Once you have someone else, the longing you two have for each other should dissipate."
"Longing?" The blue dragon officer considered these words. //He makes it sound like a crush. But, longing for each other...that means he does have feelings for me, doesn't it? But what if Tethis is wrong? He thinks I'm talking about some girl after all.//
"Thank you for you're advice." Kai-Stern had many things to consider.
"Of course." Tethis nodded as the blue dragon officer closed the door behind him.
Hello. *Blink*
Chapter 11
"What do you want from me?" Kai-Stern flopped back in the soft chair and folded his arms.
"An answer." Tethis sat like patience on a monument.
"I told you." Light yellow eyes looked away.
"'I don't know,' is hardly an answer to the question, 'where have you been for the last nine days?' Wouldn't you think so." Black eyes, like the night itself, watched his fellow dragon officer.
"Why are you asking me anyway?" He stood defying the authority that Tethis represented. "I've never been so heavily questioned before." the albino made the point.
"You're report," The security officer held up some papers. "was never so full of holes."
"My reports are always full of holes." he stomped his foot.
"That has always been obvious to me, however," the raven haired dragon stood and offered the papers to Kai-Stern, "these reports are not just from you."
"What are these?" Kai-Stern sat down. Light yellow eyes skimmed over the important bits. "Found at the East entrance... wounded...mummbling?" The albino let the papers hit the small table between them. "Did I say something strange?"
"Yes, but those reports are confidential." Tethis sat across from his fellow officer and crossed his legs.
"Don't give me that." Kia-stern looked at him squarely. "You act as though I'm being accused of something."
"That is not my intention." Tethis admitted. "However, when too many possiblities remain, safety becomes an issue."
"I understand your position, belive me. So I'm asking you to understand mine." light yellow eyes were serious.
"You really don't remember do you?" Dark eyes confirmed.
"No." he shook his frosty head. "I wish I did."
"I was hoping some rest would allow you to speak more easily about what happened. I was at least hoping for you to tell me, 'I can't tell you.'" Tethis took the papers from the table. "Things being the way they are. I'm afraid I'll have to ask you to remain in the palace, under guard, until we figure this out."
"Under guard? You can't be serious." Kai-Stern stood, furious. Even staying for these past days, the castle has made him feel clostriphobic. People were already looking at him with confusion, worry and even...suspicion. But to be forced to stay and under guard would make his home feel like a prison. "I should be going back to Luwa. That's where all of this happened don't you see? I could go figure out..."
"Kai-Stern please don't make this difficult." The security officer stood with him. Those dark eyes were intimidating, even more so than usual. "We have many enemies as you are well aware, we can't afford to take such risks."
"Risks?" Kai-Stern had seen it before, a person being used by the enemy with malicous intent. But to be listed among the possible cantidates was never something he imagined. The possiblity is always there but you could never prepare yourself for it.
"Think about it. In your last memory of Luwa someone tried to kill you. And you, yourself, admit you don't know how you survived or where you've been."
"All the more reason..." Kai-Stern bit the inside of his lip. //All the more reason I should leave the castle.//
"Nine days later you're back in Draqueen, in the castle grounds to be more precise. Don't you think it's odd that none of the citizens of the city reported seeing you on your way to the castle?" Tethis explained. "The guards that found you said you ordered them to take you to Lord Lykouleon, but you colapsed before you could reach him."
"Lykouleon?" He held his head trying to concentrate. Did he really do that? Why couldn't he remember? Tethis' silence didn't sound good. Light yellow eyes looked at the black dragon officer.
"Tell me Kai-Stern." Black eyes peirced into him. "What would you have done, if you had reached the Lord?"
"I..." The albino wanted to defend himself. He wanted to tell the secruity officer there's nothing to worry about. That he would never harm Lykouleon, never...but...in all honesty, he couldn't remember.
Kai-Stern frowned, angry with himself, angry with the world. Why must everything go wrong all at once? First Lykouleon asked the impossible from him, then Luwa and the cliff, and now apparently he was a danger to himself and others. //Great, just great. All I need now is a hole in my head.//
"Can you tell me with absolute certainty that you were in complete control of yourself? If so, what was so urgent that you neglected you're own health, demanding to see the Lord?" Tethis waited patiently for the answer.
"I don't remeber." Kai-Stern told him simply. It was the plain and frustrating truth.
"Then let us error on the side of causion." Tethis counciled. "Please stay in the castle."
"I understand." he nodded. "But please, no guard."
"Kai-Stern."
"Please!" he insisted. A moment of silence passed between the dragons.
"I understand." The brunet nodded finally and put the reports on his desk. "I'll have to increase our common guard, perhaps that will be enough. As long as you promise to report anything unusual right away, either in behavior or feeling. You must promise."
"I promise." the frosty haired secritary of foreign affairs nodded begrudgingly.
"Thank you." The security officer nodded in a bowing fashion. "That is all, you may go if you like." Tethis sat at his desk once again. The albino was half way out the door when something occured to him.
"Acctually," Kai-Stern closed the door. "There's a private matter...I need some advice on."
"Private matter?" Tethis put down the papers he had been reviewing. "What is the nature of this private matter?" He leaned back in his chair.
"I've," Kai-Stern struggled for the words, "uncovered some feelings I have for someone close to me. This person, we've been friends for some time, and," //It's vague enough he wouldn't know who I'm refering to right?//
"I want to tell this person how I feel." the blue dragon officer continued. "But I made a mistake and we've been avoiding each other ever since." His face felt hot, but he suppressed this feeing as much as possible. "If we aren't meant to be, that's fine. I'd settle for our friendship back. But I don't know what to do now."
"The mistake you speak of...is it so unforgivable?" Tethis asked.
"I, I don't know." he shook his frosty hair. "This person is married and I...We kissed." Even thought the albino whispered his cheeks burned. Tethis looked surprised for a moment then caught himself.
"I see." the black haired officer closed his eyes and laced his fingers. He was silent for a moment as if pondering this dilema. But there was more Kai-Stern had more to tell.
"This person already has a happy relationship with someone else." The albino explained. "This person is married and wants to have children. I don't like the idea of interfering with that relationship this person already has."
"I see." Tethis nodded and after a moment spoke again. "My advice to you is to find someone else."
"But..." Kai-Stern's heart sank.
"Even if this person does share you feelings. Think about the pain and guilt she'll carry with her from her former relationship. She'll be happy with you I'm sure, but she'll always regret losing her former marrage." the black dragon officer reasoned. "Once you have someone else, the longing you two have for each other should dissipate."
"Longing?" The blue dragon officer considered these words. //He makes it sound like a crush. But, longing for each other...that means he does have feelings for me, doesn't it? But what if Tethis is wrong? He thinks I'm talking about some girl after all.//
"Thank you for you're advice." Kai-Stern had many things to consider.
"Of course." Tethis nodded as the blue dragon officer closed the door behind him.
