What is a sword? what is the meaning of life? what are you looking for?
"Those are the stupid questions that those who are confused ask. I can tell that you will lose your money today and I wouldn't be wrong. have confidence you blind fool, because I was blind too. I'm still blind not because I can't see, but because being blind has many meaning." A young looking boy was talking to a stranger on the streets. his face was very hard to recognize however Lucian didn't care for his face.
His voice was boisterous and loud.
Like someone who seem to be happy all the time, like it didn't matter if he knew he was going to die today or tomorrow.
Lucian was running away from home for a while and was noticed by the boy on the streets.
They spend a week together from looking for food and knowing the layout of the city to where to sleep without getting bothered.
every corner of the streets was really dirty and unsanitary.
but with the help of the boy, Lucian had slept better then ever compared to sleeping on the surface.
dark and cold was the best place for him, it somehow made him less sick and his disease did not flare up as much.
"you know, At first I thought I would just be all by myself. everyday I just needed a reason to live, because my sister wanted me to live." said The boy.
Lucian stared quietly at him, his brown face covered in soot and ash.
"by the way, My name is Little banter. I normally don't introduce myself to strangers, but to me your no longer a stranger." Lucians eye's widened, he was touched at that very moment.
Lucian opened his mouth.
"My name is Lucian." He clearly said.
at the quiet night both youth stared at each other for a few second. Little banter smiled and so did Lucian.
"you know Lucian, am I saying that right? Anyways, one day I want to get out of this blasted city and live as a rich merchant who has no problem other then what to do with all my money." that night banter told his dream to Lucian who just watch quietly, a gentle smile plastered on his face.
the dreams of banter was fresh air for Lucian, because the truth was that he had never had a dream in the first place.
Because Lucian had notice that he didn't have enough time left, He. was. being. chased.
A weak Later Lucian snuck out of the city whiles the guards were busy.
Still before he left, he woke up his friend and his first brother.
"what is it Lucian?" Banter groggily asked.
Lucian watch his brother yawn and rubbed his tired eye's.
"I need to leave." Said Lucian.
He didn't feel right to leave banter without explaining to him.
Banter may be a loud mouth, but he only put up a face that showed someone unbothered by the world.
second went by in the darkness as Lucian waited for Banters response.
"I understand." replied banter, his eye's on Lucian.
He may look focused, but his lips and hand where suddenly shaking.
"you do?" Lucian acted surprised less he make banter cry.
"Of course, every since you explained to me where you came from. I knew that you were lying, your words were steady but those eye's of yours kept looking away from me." said banter before his jovial laugh was heard.
Lucian set quietly next banter.
his face wasn't able to hide his guilt and the sorrow that their separation would lead.
Lucian wasn't an idiot, or he was less of that.
He used banter for knowledge and also used him for advice. in their mutual exchange Lucian would be like a little brother to banter.
The City wasn't Lucians home even if he was happy to live in dirt and filth.
...
Lucian carefully woke up from what felt like a short dream.
a sudden brightness reached into his parsley opened eye's.
Lucian slowly opened his eye's to see a blue sky with small amounts of clouds floating above.
His eye's immediately contracted into pin pricks before he jolted awake.
He looked to his left to see the sun rise.
Lucian was too focused on hiding from the sun to notice what was around him, or what he was even laying on.
The sun was painful to him all his life, and just seeing it made him panic.
Lucian stumbled out of his strangely warm bed and almost fell off from the sudden height.
before his face kissed the ground, he was stopped by an invisible force.
inches from the ground Lucian heard a familiar voice.
"Lucian its rude to wake me up so early, if I hadn't caught you would get covered in dirt"
The voice was different, like the voice of a tough woman but also that of a gentle woman.
Her voice was beautiful, graceful and filled with care.
his body was moved right back where he started.
on top of the person who spoke.
Her body was 7 times that of her cloned body.
She was so big that in fact Lucian was able to use her soft belly as a bed.
She wore a white long sleeve shirt under her red black striped yarn hoody.
she wore a bright red pajama pants with patterns of stars.
her foot however was bare, it wasn't that she didn't have shoe's.
but that it was set by the side just in case she needed to get up.
A 7 times larger then a normal hand rubbed itself on Lucians soft face before it then went to his belly.
Lucian was confused as to who this woman was into front of him.
Her face was covered in something he could not see or comprehend.
"I miss you Lucian, in all my years I grew sick and worried for you. Do understand that I tried looking for you, every second, minutes, hours, and even days." Lucian felt her gaze on him.
He was quiet, not because he was scared or confused, but because he had nothing to say.
a warm and pleasant wind blew over his face, his hair ruffed by the wind.
The strong sent of grass and grain could be smelled, however all of that was nothing compared to his Aunt.
"I miss you too." he whispered while watching the sun move the shadows to show a breath taking view of endless fields of golden grains ready to be harvested.
Lucian laid on his aunts large stomach for a few minutes as he admired and bathed in comfort.
"I'm glad your home." Umy took her eye's off her niece and looked toward a far away wooden hut.
"now that your fully awake lets eat something to recovered ourselves." She snapped her right index and thumb finger.
A table, chair, utensils, bowls and a giant pot in the middle along with plates of delicious meals.
unknown animal parts were in soups or fried bowls.
and some looked horrific, but somehow it felt like eating it would not be that bad.
"Please sit, we can eat while I explained." Umy used her psychokinesis to pull the chair out for Lucian.
she set gracefully on her own chair, which was much more larger then his own.
"I wasn't lying when I said I had never stopped looking for you. I skipped years worth of hunger looking for you." Umy took a large bit of her fish salad dressing.
she was eating while she was using the very air around her was her voice.
still Lucian doubted that, how did it take so long to find just one person.
His childhood life was wasted and those were the times he would never recover again.
"Lucian, I know that you can't and will not forgive me. but please eat, your still corrupted by remnant of Umy's pinky." Explained Umy as pieces of meats and rare vegetables were place on Lucians plate.
"I can really eat these?" Lucian struggled to asked, somehow his mind more awake and even more alert.
for almost all his life he struggled to even get by, and even worst most of the food he ate had a painful repercussion like his skin boiling on itself or his body would give him a painful hive.
Umy didn't answer, she watch him struggle with himself for a very long time before he finally took the courage to pick up one of the cooked piece of meat.
The meat was cubed perfectly, but had one side made of skin.
the yellow oil coated the meat with a pleasant smell, which was making Lucian hungrier.
Lucian took a small nibble and immediately stuttered.
Umy's gaze changed, and she almost acted.
However Lucian eye's began to tear up as he then gobbled the whole cube.
"uh, their Hella delicious. I mean." Lucian didn't explain that last part as he began to eat handfuls of meat, all different species of alien life.
the oils of the meat dripped down his chin onto his white tunic.
Umy could not help but smile, this dark universe seems to light up a little in her eye's.