Pride and Prejudice
My first drabbler... too long? Hope not, here it is...
He had come to her, as she had requested. He was the one who had lost most, who had suffered most, who had become a refugee. Mu knelt in her presence.
She could feel his doubts, his fears, his regrets, but what else?
“What bothers you, Mu?” She asked kindly.
“Since I have been cited to speak, I shall.” Mu responded coldly. “Why him?” The tone of his own voice saddened him, and he knew that it would have the same effect on her. “Was he more worthy? More worthy than my master, than Aiolos, than the others?”
Saori took a step back, and brought a hand to her breast. “Do you think that?” She asked, shocked by the implications in Mu’s voice. “How dare you?”
Mu gasped, of course his words had offended his Goddess, but he had expected her reaction to be different.
“Why restore him to life, and not the rest?” Mu’s voice betrayed his indignation. He looked her in the eyes, and what he saw there froze his blood.
“I have nothing to explain, Aries Mu.” Saori responded turning away from him.
“You are here because it is my will, and it is your duty.” She glanced in his direction sadly as she walked to the window, but there was no eye contact, no understanding smile. “Tomorrow everything will change, Mu. Seiya and the others will come, but you must not admit them. I do not want them here. There will be other... changes. You must not question anything. You must obey me as you would your own heart. Now go and contemplate this dawn as if it were your last”
Mu heard her words, but could not relate to them, questions came to mind, questions that caused him to wince as if she had stabbed him with a knife.
“What is all this for?” He asked, but upon seeing that there would be no response, he sighed. “Your will shall be done.”
Knowing that she would not pronounce another word, Mu turned and walked away. What had he seen in her eyes? Mu tried to understand, but who could fathom what a Goddess felt?
Mu could only trust, although he felt that he was being used. Did she love him? Did she love any of them? He turned away and returned to his temple. He was wise, but he did not understand, and if he did not, how could the young ones?
Seiya? The others? What would bring them to Sanctuary?
Mu could only trust. The Goddess had spoken...
He had come to her, as she had requested. He was the one who had lost most, who had suffered most, who had become a refugee. Mu knelt in her presence.
She could feel his doubts, his fears, his regrets, but what else?
“What bothers you, Mu?” She asked kindly.
“Since I have been cited to speak, I shall.” Mu responded coldly. “Why him?” The tone of his own voice saddened him, and he knew that it would have the same effect on her. “Was he more worthy? More worthy than my master, than Aiolos, than the others?”
Saori took a step back, and brought a hand to her breast. “Do you think that?” She asked, shocked by the implications in Mu’s voice. “How dare you?”
Mu gasped, of course his words had offended his Goddess, but he had expected her reaction to be different.
“Why restore him to life, and not the rest?” Mu’s voice betrayed his indignation. He looked her in the eyes, and what he saw there froze his blood.
“I have nothing to explain, Aries Mu.” Saori responded turning away from him.
“You are here because it is my will, and it is your duty.” She glanced in his direction sadly as she walked to the window, but there was no eye contact, no understanding smile. “Tomorrow everything will change, Mu. Seiya and the others will come, but you must not admit them. I do not want them here. There will be other... changes. You must not question anything. You must obey me as you would your own heart. Now go and contemplate this dawn as if it were your last”
Mu heard her words, but could not relate to them, questions came to mind, questions that caused him to wince as if she had stabbed him with a knife.
“What is all this for?” He asked, but upon seeing that there would be no response, he sighed. “Your will shall be done.”
Knowing that she would not pronounce another word, Mu turned and walked away. What had he seen in her eyes? Mu tried to understand, but who could fathom what a Goddess felt?
Mu could only trust, although he felt that he was being used. Did she love him? Did she love any of them? He turned away and returned to his temple. He was wise, but he did not understand, and if he did not, how could the young ones?
Seiya? The others? What would bring them to Sanctuary?
Mu could only trust. The Goddess had spoken...