09-10-2016, 08:20 AM
Ekene could see that Jared was tired, but he still didn't understand why the man was so clearly more tired than all the other legionnaires who had been involved in the fighting. He thought it would be a good thing to make sure Jared got some food and rest, and perhaps Ekene could make sure no one bothered him while he did.
"I'll come. My ma said never to turn down good food,"
he said, grinning. The expression abruptly melted from his face when he remembered that he didn't know what had happened to his family at all since he had left the village. Natalie had assured him that those left in Masiaka were fine, but that had been before the horrible things that had happened at the refinery. He knew Mr Timbo had died there, and that many of his classmates were also gone now. She hadn't seen his parents at all while there, but she also didn't like to talk about it. Natalie's expressions were cold, and she acted as though the tragedy was distant from her feelings, but Ekene thought she was hurting on the inside.
"Do you... do you know if Natalie died too? There was a witch in the camp. I told Natalie to stay away, but she tried to help her anyway. I think that was the bad luck that brought the bad soldiers here."
He spoke tentatively, and had waited until they were walking side by side before he asked, so that he had some space to master his expression. In case she really had died. It seemed the past few weeks had been full of cruel life lessons.
"I'll come. My ma said never to turn down good food,"
he said, grinning. The expression abruptly melted from his face when he remembered that he didn't know what had happened to his family at all since he had left the village. Natalie had assured him that those left in Masiaka were fine, but that had been before the horrible things that had happened at the refinery. He knew Mr Timbo had died there, and that many of his classmates were also gone now. She hadn't seen his parents at all while there, but she also didn't like to talk about it. Natalie's expressions were cold, and she acted as though the tragedy was distant from her feelings, but Ekene thought she was hurting on the inside.
"Do you... do you know if Natalie died too? There was a witch in the camp. I told Natalie to stay away, but she tried to help her anyway. I think that was the bad luck that brought the bad soldiers here."
He spoke tentatively, and had waited until they were walking side by side before he asked, so that he had some space to master his expression. In case she really had died. It seemed the past few weeks had been full of cruel life lessons.