When we got back to Sheridan, Iemon and the others said they were
modifying the Tartarus to use in neutralizing the core's vibration. After all
the time it's been sitting in the port, it's finally got a job to do--and
what a job!
They said it'll still take a while to finish their work, so we handed over
the measurements we'd made and headed outside to kill some time.
Since we had the time, I brought up something that's been bothering me for
a while.
I was wondering whether it was really okay for us to go ahead with the
preparations for lowering the Outer Lands all on our own. If we go and
actually do it without getting permission from Emperor Tyler and Uncle,
things might get ugly.
Everybody agreed, but Gwen seemed uneasy. I can't blame her... After
all, Uncle tried to kill both of us, and she thinks she's not a real princess.
Gwen asked us to let her think it over, so we headed for the inn to get
some rest.
I woke up early in the morning at a sound from nearby. Apparently Gwen
had left her room. I was a little worried, so I followed after her, and saw
her talking with Jeremy. I watched them for a little while, but their
conversation started to get pretty deep and I thought I shouldn't be
listening in. So I headed back to the inn--and there was Kitten, who scolded me
for that very thing. I sure do get scolded a lot, don't I?
Seeing Jeremy and Gwen like that might have made me a bit uncertain of
myself... I started talking about how things might have been if I hadn't been
born. But then Kitten said that my experiences and feelings are my own and that
I shouldn't deny them.
Yeah...I wish I could believe that.
I'm sure I'll be able to...someday.
In any case, Jeremy's encouragement seems to have helped Gwen make up her
mind, so we headed off to Baticul. We've got to convince Uncle somehow.
 Foxraikov · Mon May 28, 2007 @ 08:21pm · 0 Comments |
