The armies were battling each other heatedly on the beach, leaving the sands littered with a trail of fallen corpses and dyeing the crescent waves with splashes of red when Souna felt the small fingertip tapping her shoulder, startling her.
-Mom? – Axe’s childish voice asked groggily behind her as he peeked from behind her head inside his carrier and gestured towards the fighting soldiers – Why do the bad men want to hurt you so badly that we can’t stay home again?
Taken by surprise, Souna´s breath got caught in her chest as she tried to figure out what to say next, and wondered how could the blue-haired child have known that himself?
“He must have been awake last night” – She concluded, recalling his recent argument with Ussi and wincing in regret – “We need to start being more careful
