It should not be still in the possession of its owner. When Jedaliah was dismissed from service the sword should have been seized and melted down and thrown into the sea. Instead it hangs on the wall of the one room apartment he rents with the money he earns as a merchant’s security chief. He sits at night, on the floor because he has no chair, waiting for the candle to burn down. He tries not to see the sword, it awakens memories he can’t forget. Instead, he tries to focus on the pain of the cut he has made in his arm with the knife he holds in a white-knuckled grip. But like a tongue seeking a sore tooth to test if it still hurts, his eyes can’t resist looking. Sleep never comes swiftly.
Archives, eh
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# Memory
A sword hangs on the wall of an apartment in a tenement building in Artists. Oddly shaped, it is straight for a hand and then bends out and in, not unlike a sickle, but edged on the outside of the curve. The grip is an intricately weave of red and white leather straps wrapping around the tang, ending in a knot of metal. Not a pommel decorated to resemble a knot, an actual knot created from the end of the tang. This sword is the end result of great expenditures of time and money. It is the sword of a Guardian of the Empire, one of the twenty chosen to protect the life of the ruler of the Empire. Each sword custom made for its owner, each made to exacting measurements to make a sword balanced perfectly for the hand that wields it. The cost to the Empire to have each sword created is more than most citizens can expect to earn in a lifetime.I think it feels like a bad (tautology?) Troubled Teenager scene in Home & Away, but I am told I am being too harsh.
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# Links for 2008-06-18
