"Ha...HALFLING?" Trick repeated indignantly. "Why, I NEVER! Fine, DON'T get married and live happily ever after! See if I care! But I meant what I said about playing tricks on you until you wed--so if I were you, I'd check my tea twice before I drink it!"
”Some people aren’t meant for happy endings.” The general murmured and sagged down on a nearby chair, leaning into his glove covered hand. A bittersweet laugh escaped his throat and Gin looked up at the child, shaking his head. ”You really think it’s that easy?” Even if he wouldn’t admit it, this boy reminded him of his younger self. So naive and carefree, protected from the painful truth we call reality. He’d yet to see the real world as it was. Death, pain and suffer. He’d yet to understand what his master had done to millions of innocent people.