*grumbles* Stupid computer that doesn't wanna get rid of these fecking viruses...
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You manage to open your mouth and stutter a few stupid letters. The size of the man is still somewhat frightening, but you've gotten over the chock by now. You clear your throat and change position on your chair (and you pray to the lords that he won't notice you only did that to get a clear run towards the exit) and try to stop your hands from shaking. You clear your throat again and glance at Zeke. He stares down in the table. You look at the huge man.
"No.." you want to say clearly, but you only manage to make it a tiny whisper. Isn't it something wrong, being this afraid of a normal (not really accurate word, but whatever...) man? You think that to yourself.
"You not Welfos?" the man says, surprised.
"No... dear lords no. I'm... uh..." you lose your thought and use the emergency exit. "Sleepwalker. Yeah. Dash Sleepwalker, that's me."
You grin nervously and keeps thinking that this is the very wrong way to lie. He glares at you and leans down towards you. Every muscle in your body seems to be so tense they could break.
"You... look like Welfos." the man states. You freeze and smile again, hoping it would look self-confident.
"Oh, no I'm not. What do you want to do to him anyway?"
"To Welfos?"
"Yeah?"
The man grins. You see his teeth, they seem to be perfect.
"Only grab him and hurt him little. Then take home. Oh, that reminding." he says and then scratches the back of his head. You move your chair towards the exit. The man doesn't seem to remember what he was supposed to say, so he turns to his friends around the table and seem to ask a question in a language you don't understand. Zeke gently tugs the fabric on the sleeve of your shirt and you understand perfectly. You slowly get up and heads for the exit with Zeke right behind you. Roaring laughter follow you and the man turns around. He doesn't seem to mind that you want to leave.
"Hey, Sleepwalk? Remember Serr?" he shouts. You are about to start running when your body seems to shut down. No part of you do what you tell them to. You begin to panic, but a strange feeling flows into your mind. Serr... Shouldn't you remember Serr? How come you don't? You remember everything else that's important. Except the blank weeks of course. Blank weeks? Wasn't it months, now that you think about it? How long have you been away from Se... home? You whisper the name to yourself and feel strangely safe. Then a part of your mind that you didn't even know existed breaks in.
No! NO! How DARE you even THINK to say that name in my presence!? Curse that old scum! I wish I could remember him, so I could seek him out and KILL HIM!
You wake up of your strange trance and looks around yourself. The man is standing right in front of you. He grins victoriously.
"You are Welfos!"
You frown.
"No." you simply say and go past him. The man seems to be willing to say something, so you quickly spin around and glare at him.
"What? WHAT? What do you think you can do to me, ape? Call that name out so loud the stars will wonder what it was? I don't give a living shit about Serr. Tell him that when I find him, I will make him choke to death on all the filth he made me do!" you scream. While he thinks about how to react, you leave the tavern. Zeke waits outside.
"Who the heck is Serr?" he asks. You feel very tired. Or exhausted. And strange. You just give Zeke a look.
"Run." you say.
When you try to catch your breath after running (you seem to be suffering from lack of air all the time), you notice Zeke is looking at you in a strange and almost worried way. In some universe, you might have found that touching.
"Tired so soon?" he asks. You gasp for air to reply.
"No... just... some...thing."
He grunts and look at the wall.
"So, Vidash. Who or what is Serr?"
An image flows by in your mind.
All you see is a painful red mist. You howl in agony as the other man in the room continues his 'punishment'. He repeadetly stabs you with invisible knifes and make you feel like something peels the skin off your back. He screams accusations at you. You try to answer.
You try to forget this.
"Zeke... I don't know who Serr is, just that I have to stay as far away from him as possible."
Zeke shrugs.
"Good enough for me. Do you want to go to the Northern Pillar now or what?"
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