I laid on the ground, unmoving as I stared at the sky above me. The sunshine that had been so strong earlier this morning was now forgotten, dark, thunderous clouds looming above me. I found myself running my fingers along the brand, the movement coming so naturally that it took me a moment to realize that I was doing it. I became aware of an all too familiar burn behind my eyelids, causing me to blink rapidly as I fought back the tears.
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“So, when I can’t fight... I just hide?”
The confusion that I was feeling tinged my voice, my eyes following my father as he moved around in our cave, his tall form practically dwarfing it. The sun had already set, the moon nowhere to be seen, but this was one of the rare occasions that training stretched into the night.
“Yes. It’s th
