by gloaming » Tue Apr 10, 2012 2:29 pm
Adrian scowled as Alou hit him in the head with the bandages. Ignoring them he continued picking up the glass and tossing it in the rubbish bin. He turned, barely catching Cecil's comment. "I know." He breathed, barely loud enough for himself to hear. In his mind flashed the image of a boy, not yet 13 standing infront of the district as tribute. His fathers enraged face because he hadn't volunteered,his grandpa's disappointment in him not saving an innocenr childs life. He shuddered and bent down again, trying to keep his hands from shaking
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“
When you are born,” the golem said
softly, “your courage is new and clean.
You are brave enough for anything:
crawling off of staircases, saying your
first words without fearing that someone
will think you are foolish, putting strange
things in your mouth. But as you get
older, your courage attracts gunk, and
crusty things, and dirt, and fear, and
knowing how bad things can get and
what pain feels like. By the time you’re
half-grown, your courage barely moves
at all, it’s so grunged up with living. So
every once in awhile, you have to scrub
it up and get the works going, or else
you’ll never be brave again.
”
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