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"your right. its your for letting them and not opening your eyes to what things in the world really are like. guess i cant blame you for it as its just the way you were raised. i was raised as a killer and a killer i shall be. sorry to have offended you," he said with a slow voice stareing her in the eyes so she could see he was serious about what he'd said and hopefully she could see he didnt mean it as an attack on her as a perosn.

"theres nothing to forgive lass. you are a product of your environment. as i am of mine. i have seperated myself to a degree in enough to see the forest for the trees. but thats all. im still that product. jsut im wrapped in a different package then the rest," he shrugs and went back to work, "we are the same in more ways then you know lass."

his head tilted slightly and his eyes dissapeared in the shadow of his brow. they looked to be empty pockets of nothingness as he spoke in a soft stead tone that beget no emotion, "we are the same in that we are a product of our environmrnt... when you have to kill a hide from death over an over at age 6 you learn the secrets of stealth. when you have to take your first life at age 8 to save your own, you learn to kill. when you are thrust into situations where you must survive elements and capture food at age 8-12 you learn the secrets of hunting and survival. at age 16 when you need money and there are so many whod slit your throat that you dont mind taking thiers, you learn to steal. we are the same in that, as i said our environment brought us up. ive just got to travel nearly one hundred different planets and plains where as you have been shelterd. our experiances are different but we are not," he said all this in a somber calm tone. remembering those harsh times he lived. taking his first life had changed him forever. he thoguht how friegtening he might look to zahar at this point as he'd been known for the way he could seemingly make his eyes dissapear. it was sometihng that he used to cause fear in his adversaries, so he straightened his head, the light seemd to hesitate, the shadow almost seemd as thoguh it wanted to stay there, but soon his eyes were shimmering brightly in the firelight again and a smile was on his face, "so ya see, we arent that different after all."

he sighed, "how so lass.. i mean look. you are scared just by the way i can make myself look, i am but a monster in who is wrapped in centuries of experiance at how to get along with those whom are non mosters. and so far as i can see there is no stick. only two people who have been through a lot togther and well. thats a big thing in life. not to many people can say that kinda thing," he paused, "sorry about the shadow.. its i dunno.. kinda an ability. i can use it like that.. seemingly pull shodaow itself even though shadow is not actually tangeable to me and such. kinda did that involuntarily. i learned that as a way to inspire fear in those around me," he shruged, "a gift from life as an assasin i guess.."

he shruged, "no one ever said monsters were weak, and you are still around so thats a testament to something.the fact that you have a blad and havent drawn it across your wrist yet is a testament to your strength," he sighed, "we had this convo before... lass," he walked to her side and looked her in the eyes, "you remember everything from your past. you might not like it, but thats a big thing. you are a fine being lass, beautiful inside and out. you should sleep, " he leaned in and kissed her forhead ever so lightly before going back to lean against the cottage and he began working again on the hammer thinking himself a fool as it was only after that little kiss that he realized what he'd done.

he worked and worked at the hammer untill it gleamed in the low light from the forge. he noted that it seemed to be shining a little different then it should and he looked up to see the outline of the suns first few rays cresting the hill. he lay the hammer head down and leaned it against the cottage. standing he stretched and picked up his katana and ran off into the woods. he returned some 30 minutes later the light just really begining to turn the sky blue with a skinned hare and some herbs. he made a small spit and started a fire and began cooking it. soon the wonderful smell of roasted hare spread over the area.

"tis a hare, and it should be quite tasty. it was a nice specimine," he paued examining something on the hare and poked it once, "almost done. i have to go get art sometime this morning by the by. seems hes eager to start his training, or something along those lines i assume," he removed the hare and took out a katar and deftlycut it in half off the stick. the pieces began to fall but his katart caught them before the came anywhere near the ground and he held them out to zahar, "take the katar and use it as a plate, i will use the other one in the same fashion."

"i will be picking up artemis today is all. and i will get him to come out and meet me, or us as the case may be. i have the metal i need to make weapons for you and he as it is now. and the katar has enchantments on it. i should teach to you a couple simple spells that i know. i rather think youd enjoy learning. there is no harm you can do with the ones i can teach you thats for sure."