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Rainfall on Judgment Day
Chapter 10
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past
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"I heard about your promotion," Wil told him later that day. "Congratulations!"
Sain nodded. "Thank you, Wil."
"Of course!" Wil grinned at him, but the normally easy smile seemed awkward and strained.
"Ah—I'm sorry about earlier, Wil," Sain said. "I didn't mean to be rude; I just had… a lot on my mind."
The younger man shrugged. "It's fine." He swallowed. "Actually, Sain—er, Commander—there's something I wanted to tell you. I… well, I already talked to, um, well, Lady Lyn and Kent about it, and they said it was fine, but I figured that you should know, too, especially now since you're commander and all…"
Sain closed his eyes tiredly and turned to face the other man. "What is it, Wil?" he asked softly, not wanting to snap at him twice in one day. "I've had a long day—I'm sorry, but I'm in no mood for guessing games."
Wil just grinned at him apologetically.
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Xirysa Says: I think, because of the small size of these chapters, getting the characterization and the emotion across was really difficult; Wil was really fun to write in this, but Sain was rather difficult by comparison. Oh well.
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