Goretober Day 19: Missing a Body Part
War tends to change people
“Reading some eh? The kids these days don’t seem to do that much anymore...”
“Yeah it’s the Battle of Broken Beak, by Arwayve, one of my mother’s favorite stories, she used to tell it to me and my brothers when we were kids”
“Ah, she must have had good taste in authors... so you’re enjoying it?”
“No, not really... My mom, she always portrayed it as being a miraculous day, something that changed history, making heroes out of soldiers who fought for us... this just sounds like... like-”
“Like hell?”
“... ... yeah...”
“You should probably be heading off now, the sanctuary won’t be open for much longer...”
“W-wait, you look familiar, I think I know you from somewhere...”
“Probably, I get that a lot, having your name in the history books will do that to you...”
“... You’re Arwayve? The Arwayve? The General of the Light squadron, the leading force in the Battle of the Broken Beak..?”
“...Yes...”
“B-But you look- you look nothing like...like...”
“Well what do you expect? That battle was nearly 5000 years ago, did you really think my real body would last that long? No. I’m just a tired old machine...”
Never meet your heroes, you’ll be disappointed
