[prompt] you only have to look behind you at who's undermined you
admit it might have been childish of us, but some habits die hard. I found it to be particularly true even when one sets about trying to kill them at every given opportunity. It was a long time since we'd been 'close as brothers', but perhaps there's a reason for phrases like 'brotherly rivalry'.
I digress.
We made insultingly layered small-talk until Arasham dozed off again - as he often did, the old madman slept more than he didn't. It had been a long time since the last I saw Sparhawk for myself, and longer still since Sephrenia had crossed my path; I suppose we owe her some debt of gratitude for not letting the both of us throw away all of that very hard work I did shoving thorns in Sparhawk's side by getting ourselves killed. The private tent of a 'holy man' surrounded by raving zealots isn't the best of venues for an old vendetta such as ours. Steel on steel would've - as she kindly pointed out - had most of Rendor on top of us long before anyone drew blood.
Of course I was disappointed. It was only putting off the inevitable - but again I shouldn't get ahead of myself. I told them a few things I doubt they didn't already know, some of which later turned out to be incorrect in ways I'm afraid even my vaunted intellect couldn't have foreseen, under the circumstances. There are a number of downsides to finding oneself in the employ of a God like Azash; limited by their limitations is just one. Azash had no real gift for subtlety or cleverness - too elemental, driven by his own twisted desires. Besides that, I was hardly at my best.
I made a few clever remarks about profiting off the death of Sparhawk's beloved queen, asked after our the Preceptor, prodded at my brother's scruples and my own lack. Sephrenia asked after the Damork - I'm sure she enjoyed that - and we didn't have much time to ourselves before Arasham woke again. At the time I had a great deal of difficulty discerning quite what it was that they
prompt: pg 57 of your 300pg autobiography [250]
fandom: the elenium
word count: 361