Forgotten Embers
Blackridge frowned, his heart filled with remorse, and his mind stopped.
"Lord Blackridge," the boy went on, seeming to calm himself a little, "is this how your instructor conducted himself during your apprenticeship?"
Blackridge watched him for a moment, considering the brokenness of a man in anguish, and he was haunted by a flood of memories. "One of them," he softly admitted. "I had two."
Quince shook his head. "That's unheard of," he said, clearly impressed.
He smiled. "Yes, I suppose." He paused for a moment, looking to the bookshelf. "Here..." he said, grabbing a book from the shelf. He began to rifle through the familiar pages and sighed. 'All of this is pain now.'
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