#palaver

“For starters, no one in the world but me even knows this place exists. Even if they did, you think anyone is going to come racing over to save you? Don’t make me laugh. Who in their right mind would try to defy me in order to save someone as meaningless as you? No one. So, now that I have taken the time to crush your last little dream to pieces let me explain to you exactly what is going to happen.”

“You made the mistake of crossing me. A very, very poor decision. Sending people after me was smart, that much I will give you, but you should have sent more. You should have sent people who are stronger. Instead, all you did was piss me off. You wanted my bounty so badly, didn’t you? Was that all it was? Was it some sort of vendetta that you have against--”

“Oh! So that is it, huh? You see...people’s eyes tend to be a lot more honest then anything else about them. I can see the look of hatred in your eyes. Did I kill someone close to you? A spouse? Child? Sibling? Hm? Do tell. Oh, right, I wouldn’t be able to hear it anyway. You can cease your senseless mumbling, I can’t make out a damn word you have to say.”

“The reason doesn’t matter in the end; you tried to have me killed and you failed. You had to know the risk didn’t you? That sooner or later I would find out who had sent that useless group to my doorstep? It took more time then I care to admit but in a way that worked to my advantage. You must have thought you were home free...that I hadn’t come after you and you could just go on with your pathetic life and no harm would come to you. Nod your head if that is what you thought.”

“Not playing along now? Well, that makes this much less fun. Come now...I said nod your damn head!”

“Better! There you go! Now...did someone pay you to organize this? You did it all on your own? So, you do have a reason to hate me then? See, was that so hard? All you have to do is cooperate and I’ll make your death nice and quick. You won’t have to--”

“Don’t waste your time struggling. Fight all you want but those chains aren’t just going to break because you want them to. You are a dead man, so you may as well come to accept it. As fun as it is to watch you attempt to escape in vain, I do have other things to do today. With that in mind I believe it is about time to wrap this up.”

“...Are you pleading? Are those tears? Are you truly going to act so childish now? You brought this on yourself, you had to be willing to accept the possible outcome if things went wrong. Did you not prepare for this? You are just like everyone else...never looking far enough forward in order to see what could befall them. That is where you and so many other worthless piles of trash masquerading around as people differ from someone like me.”

“I know my fate. I know the eventual demise I have brought on myself. When that day comes I will not fight against my fate, I will accept it. Someone will bloody their hands over me and I will have brought it on myself. Who am I to deny them what is rightfully theirs? If they have the courage to face me like a man and best me then I will die knowing that I will have destroyed that person’s life for as long as they live. You see...we are just a product of our environment and the events we have to endure. Imagine how things could have been if my life had been...”