Chapter 2: Memories of the Pain
That night, Dzodin couldnt stop thinking about her. Her soft touch and soothing voice. His mind was in peace, for the first time in his life. The feeling suprised him, he doesnt remember anything like that. In the morning, he went to the market. People of different factions, being nice to each other, selling many things. He slowly made his way throught the market. Then he heard a woman scream in pain and something broke in him. The calm and free mind was now filled with anxiety and pain. He fell on his knees, holding his head with both arms. His breath was shorter every time he breathed. His whole vision was going black. Before he past out he screamed so loudly the whole city came to see what happened. Then he fell on the ground with his eyes being red. He woke up in a room which he didnt recognize. As he slowly opened his eyes, he saw Iris, looking at him worringly. He tried to sit, but he felt massive wave of pain, so much that he grunted loudly in suffering of it. She came closer to him and said: "You made quite the show, whole town was asking me who you are, when me and the guards came for you." said with soothing confident voice. "What..did you said to..them?" said Dzodin with heavy breath. "A broken man" whispered to him. "And do you see me as a..broken man, Iris?" "No, you are just someone, who came throught to much pain. That always changes a person, no matter the gender, no matter their social status, no matter their faction." she said looking into his bloody red eyes. "Tell me Dzodin, do you trust me? Atleast a little bit?"she said with a shy voice "I do" he grunted. "Then, give me your hand, again" Dzodin slowly gave her his hand and her eyes once again lit up in puple energy. When she came into his memories, she saw little bits of his childhood. It wasnt a happy look. Dzodin was being beaten by his father while his mother was lying unconscious on the floor. The she saw other memories of him, all were mostly the same. The she the last memory of his parents. She saw memory of his mother killing his father, right before him, and then herself. Dzodin cried and then ran into the streets. As time went on, his distrust towards people grew larger and larger, but he also he a grew a respect towards women, because of his mother. And the last memory then Dzodin let her see, was the one where he met Dellorian. Then she came out of his mind. "I didnt know....I didnt know you were throught so much." said Iris emotionaly and with tears in her beatiful purple eyes. "It doesnt matter, Iris. I was lost the day I was born." he said with depressing voice. Then he tried to sat on the bed. He once again grunted in pain, but he was able to sit. "And with this curse, it would be better of killing me." Iris looked confused. So Dzodin slowly took down the bandage. There it was, the curse. It was stopped before it could do much harm, but still, the skin was transformed and the hand too. "You didnt see it right? In my memories." "No, but why is it not infecting your body?" "She stopped it, Dellorina somehow did it." "Does it hurt?" she said worringly "It does" "A lot?" "Yes." She stood up and turned around. Then she pointed with her arm on a locker. It opened and some of that strange material flew towards her. Then she bandaged the arm with the material. After that she bandaged it with the original bandage. "Is this better?" She looked at him with a small worring smile. "It is. I.. thank you but why? Why do you keep helping me? You could have helped any other person in this city. Why me?" She sat down next to him, gently turned his head towards her and looked him straigh from eye to eye. After a brief moment with the most soothing and soft voice he has ever heard she said: "Tthat doesnt matter right now, does it Dear?" "N-no, it doesnt" she smilled and stood up. "Now go, tommorow will be a ball, I need to prepare. You can come, If you want" "I would love to." said Dzodin with suprisingly positive voice. "Im glad, now go Dear. When he exited the fottress he thought to himself. I feel like, I feel like she is an angel. When she looked at me, it was...was. I dont know if that is a word for it, and it doesnt hurt anymore. I dont know why, but I dont care. Tommorow will be the ball, could be interesting. The he proceeded to walk towards an inn where he paid for a room from the money, he got from all the thieving, months before. He fell on his bed and said to himself. I dont know, If im mad or not. then he paused looking at the ceiling But I love her.