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.Shard 18.
The Stillshrine of Miriam
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Ashe had know him for a while now - and as usual, she hadn't still digested Balthier's arrogant tone when he had told her that low, low sentence - °Should it find its mark.°
'How.. funny. So very very funny' the princess was dragging the too heavy sword with no grace, while looking at the sky-pirate's back as they left the sword's room.
"At least I can wield a sword" she hissed after him with no introduction of sort "I bet you couldn't hit a spot even by chance!"
Balthier stopped without turning to the her - but she distinctively heard him chuckle.
"Yeah, probably" he replied, his quiet voice miles far from the highly irritated one of the Princes "But I suppose we could check that out, to wash away all our doubts"He extracted something from his pocket, and let it drop on a large squared tile.
When Ashe understood that it was her wedding ring, clinging on the cold stone, so small and lost in the immensity of the corridor, she was caught by a sensation scarily close to panic. In the meantime, Balthier extracted Vaan's Lohengrin from its hilt while the younger boy was passing by, completely unaware of the situation since he was talking to Penelo. Everything had been so fast that Ashe had just been able to gape until the moment the sword's blade was high, ready to crash into the ring.
"Wait!" she yelled while stumbling towards Balthier, grabbing the Lohengrin's hilt with both her hands too.
Balthier did nothing to force the sword down - he looked at Ashe's cold hands covering his, and at her terrified and transparent eyes searching for the still whole ring there, inches from their feet.
"Fine, as you wish" he accomplished with a devilish smile "But I guess you'll have to swallow your criticism now."
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Author'sNote: Balthier is born to tease Ashe, isn't he? I haven't said it in a while, but as always I want to say thank you to everyone who read, alert and review.. At least I know I'm not writing for nothing.. eheh.. Oh, and I have just a few chapter for which I haven't planned anything, but.. if you wanna make request I may consider it.. byez! ;)
Swamp-eyes