Failed Duties [[Closed]]

[Eidolon]

Judgement was not cast immediately. In the quiet Eido breathed slowly, eyes closed, seeking a calm that did not want to come – listening despite herself for sounds that indicated the other woman was reaching for her weapons. She wondered if it meant she would be asked to complete the duty herself. A last chance at honour, though she was not sure it wiped the slate of her soul clean. She had never hurt anyone though, and as a last act, perhaps healing a sister went some way to redress the balance.

Silence held Eido’s tongue for a long moment when the Atharim asked her name. Answering truthfully would put Kota in danger as a relative, and while she would accept her own life as forfeit, she would protect her brother to the last.

Memories plagued. The fierceness of his expression when he’d tackled her for the kaiken on that mountain. Guilt burned, and her eyes too, though she would let no tears fall. Kota would struggle to be alone.

“They wouldn’t,” she said eventually. “I’m dead, and have been for years.