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Chapter 2: Nightmares old and new.
Talim was standing in a swirling mist of purple-grey fog. She had had this nightmare before and she hates the fact that she is trapped in it until its end. She sees her parents through the smoke, dad a small phillipino man desperately pleading with the huge monster of steel to spare the lives of his family, his wife and daughter. The creature merely laughs at him and brings its terrible huge sword down on him, splitting his skull in two. Talim's mother screams and pulls out her elbow blades, determined to protect her daughter from this terrible monster.
Like Talim herself, she looks as though she couldn't hurt a fly. Like Talim however, looks are deceiving, as countless bandits who have tried to rob them before can testify. Knightmare however is no bandit and her mother knows that her chances against this monster are almost none existent.
"Run Talim!" she screams, but Talim's legs won't move. It's like her feet have become stuck to the ground. Her mother launches herself at Knightmare; perhaps hoping to get a lucky hit to kill this monster. But as Talim has seen so many times before, the creature deflects her blow almost effortlessly, before sweeping his sword across her legs. It's her mother's screams that are haunting her the most.
The creature raises it's sword and brings the sword down across her chest, causing her mother to scream even harder as Knightmare takes her soul. Then something different happens. Knightmare raises his visor to reveal the face of someone who should not be here. This isn't how she remembers this event. A girl with crazy green eyes, a scar across her face and wild green hair looks at her and grins, before bringing the sword down on her head and then darkness.
Tira looked at the young phillipino girl sleeping in the bed next to her. Two days travelling together had done little to improve their relationship. There was a grudging respect for one another's skills, but nothing more than that. Talim was whimpering in her sleep. Tira felt a burst of pity for her. She went over and hugged her, gently rocking her and making soothing noises in the way she had seen done to other children at the Birds Of Passage, when they had nightmares.
They were woken by the screaming of the tavern owner.
"Get out! Get out of here you filthy animals! I won't tolerate your kind here, go!"
Tira briefly considered killing the tavern owner, but that would draw attention they didn't need.
Talim on the other hand was angry and confused. She hated the fact that Tira had been holding her and that her perversions had gotten them thrown out, but also confused. How could something so wrong feel so right? Talim considered her boyfriend Yun-Seong and felt a warm flow of affection. He was in one she was in love with, so why was she feeling anything other than disgust for Tira's advances? And why was Tira in her nightmares? It just didn't make sense.
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