Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-24510587-20190221011452/@comment-5543592-20190221030407

Cade was confused, eyes narrowed in deep, intense thought as he tried to puzzle out the secret meaning in Graicus' words.

It struck him slowly, a realisation that revealed itself slowly on his face, his expression of focus changing to one of surprise.

"I see it now"  Cade murmured, to himself. Graicus' self-isolation, the anger, the fear, the close-mindedness. "Yes.. yes, it becomes clear."

Graicus felt guilty, was guilty, because he had avoided justice. He had committed the most terrible of sins, to slay one who had trusted you, and gotten away with it. All this time it had been a burden to Cade's friend. Graicus had thought he had survived. That he had escaped the Reach, the Forsworn, Pavo, what all three implied. But he could never have, because he carried them, like a weight around his neck.. Because so long as Graicus did not face his crime, he would punish himself for it. And it had culimated today, here, at the origin of all his suffering.

Cade looked off into the rising sun. It was orange, golden rays visible as they broke the mist.

"I understand." Cade nodded once. "I understand."