road man
05-07-2013, 10:38 AM
The man did not have to wait long before company found him on the banks of the lake. In fact, he was only mildly surprised that a companion had not come sooner. The birds and the bees did so often get boring. However, the companionship of someone that was not a stranger caught the sentinel off guard. Do my eyes deceive me? Silver ears perked up and Icarus turned his head to the source of the voice. It was masked with age, grizzled by time and long journeys. But the owner was unmistakable. Cairo. Some invisible hand thrust Icarus into a pose of respect. He turned himself to full attention of the man that stood before him. A flourished bow bent the colossal mercenary in half. The past had come back to him in these strange lands, and it had not been the past he expected. Cairo's face breathed remnants of memory into Icarus' brain. Memories that had been thrust aside and long discarded. A teacher and a mentor. Icarus bent his head to the man that had taught him all that knew - You've gotten old. The syllables curved with a shit-eating smile. |