Such were the conditions for most of two months.
Whenever it was, it was always routine. Boswer handed the sword to me and we dove to the bottom of our target. Every time, I had enjoyment in mind. This time was possibly the happiest I'd ever been, laying wreckage to hopeless cities. And every day, I still made sure that Peach was fed. I was on top of the world.
And Boswer was getting irritated.
"Sergeant, what exactly am I doing out here?", he asked when we landed down on an island for the third time this month. "So far this is the 6th drop we've made, and still there's been no sight of her. I'm tired of playing Captain Ahab." He thought for a moment, then said, "Gather the men, and put them back in the castle. I already know she's not here."
I've been waiting on the balcony for a while now, the glowing white spike in front of me. I can't stand looking at that thing anymore, and soon enough, Boswer's imposing shadow overcame it's light. I'm starting to get extremely worried about his and my safety. His mania has slowly overcame him and he was beginning to experience bouts of hysteria and confusion. He started trying to kill people when he was inside, had started to refuse to eat, and sometimes lied in bed all day, glossy eyed and unmoving, and Kammy and I accompanied his side, praying for good health.
It was then that Boswer tried to kill me. His eyes started to dilate and he shook uncontrollably as though in a seizure. "You hid her from me!" he yelped from me and lunged. I saw stars as I nearly fell into the sky. I grabbed Boswer's tail before I fell, stopping my decent, and I snapped his tail clear from his body, forcing the boot deep into his spine.
I am fortunate that he no longer was in an able state of mind. He lied there, confessing every single thing I'd done up to now to the entire army. We comforted him as he blurt out all that he knew how to defend himself. He started to curse me out in choked, violent, unnatural voices, and then fell into a shaky slumber. No one moved for a few seconds, and then I felt the anger of everyone in that room turn on me.
I was worried sick. No one would listen to Boswer in his current state. But still, my attack may have very well paralyzed him for life. I took my food up into my room, which is still considered normal, but sooner or later they had to start paying attention. Slowly, silently, I went in my room and saw Peach sitting there.