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Let me lift you off my back
Don't worry
I'm not going to just drop you on the floor
There's a chair in the corner, I can put you in
Mine, no it was here when I found the place, I've been meaning to break it down for firewood, but somehow never got around to it
Maybe the fates were telling me I'd needed one day
Alright down you go
Hair
Let me get these ropes off you, and I'll get a fire going
I've got some leftover stew
I can warm while we talk
What about well, about you mostly, but also about us, simply put, I I need a companion
Hey sit back down
You know you cannot run me and I don't want have to sit on you again
Alright? Good
You can listen
That's something at least
Be a pain for both of us, if I had to haul you back here? Well, mostly for you
But just hear me out and I'll explain
I suppose we should start with introductions
I can't just keep calling you human after all
So what is your name? Interesting
Not a bad name, though, but unfamiliar to my tongue
You can call me Cla
Pleased to finally meet you
No
As for what to talk about, and let's start by saying you don't belong here in my woods how much is clear
What do I mean? Isn't it obvious? You've been here for almost two weeks
I've watched you for most of that
Your idea of hunting seems to be throwing rock at small animals and swinging sticks of fish
It's pathetic
The only thing I think you've eaten since you arrived here were a few berries and a fish that was already dead
Well, that and the tree bark you tried to boil and eat
Why didn't I help you? Easy enough to answer
I didn't care
After all, you're just some stranger trespassing in my territory
I give tres a wide birth safer that way
I figured you'd give up and go back home or get eaten by wolves by now
Besides you would it most likely run as soon as you saw me
Yes
Like you just did, you see how well approaching you would have worked out down to
Why did I come to you now? Well, let's just say I've grown fond of you
Well like I said, I've been watching you
Ever since you came here
And the longer I watched you the the more curious I became, it it was amusing, watching you bum about trying to feed yourself
It first
If I'm being completely honest, I I even started to pity you just a little I was even thinking of leaving some food at your camp for yesterday
Why didn't i? Well, because you'd already found food, you just didn't take it
Yes
The fawn
Imagine after two weeks on the brink of starvation, you actually managed to stumble across a baby deer
The perfect prey
Food for a couple of days standing right in front of you
And all you had to do was lift your hand and bash it skull
No
That look on your face at all
You couldn't do it
Could you
You were wasting away from starvation
Carrying you here was easier than carrying firewood
But as hungry as you were, you you couldn't bring yourself to kill such a helpless as creature
Could you it was then that I decided giving you a meal wasn't enough
Well, what I mean is giving you food would have only helped you for a day, maybe two
And then what? You'll be packed fumbling around trying to catch fish with wish thinking
Yes, I know you don't have any tools or any skill and yet you're still here
You don't have a home to go back to
Do you
Judging from the look on your face, I'm not far off am I you're clearly no bandit
You're too nice and well frankly to an up for that life
Here
Eat all you want
I have plenty
So polite
But if you really wanna thank me then satisfy my curiosity
Why are you here in my forest? What happened to you? I see a plague ravaged your town
He'll have the population
Including your family? Mike can condolences so No one should have to go through that
So you came here to escape the disease before you became ill? Exiled
Why would you were the only one who didn't get sick
So they blamed you for it
I'm surprised they didn't offer you up as a sacrifice
Bernie you was a witch
No
No
Relax
It's it's alright
It's going to be alright
I'm sorry
We don't have to talk about it anymore
Just finish your stew
Things will get better for you
I promise
What do I mean? A full of questions aren't you
We can talk about it in the morning
It's late and I know you're tired
So You can take the bed for the night
My bed? No
I'm a cent
Remember, I don't sleep in a bed
Normally, I just put a blanket over my back and lean against a wall to sleep