*hums a cheerful tone*
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Zeke leads you through this apparently never ending town. You still feel very strange, but manage to keep up with Zeke somehow. You have no equipment, no food and very little money. You hope that Michael lives close to where you are after every corner, but Zeke doesn't say anything. You will have to keep walking for days, no matter what you think you can do about it. But during this long walk, you get time for thinking no matter you like it or not. You think about who you've become, why you aren't the same man you were a couple of weeks ago, who or what changed you and why. You think of Paño, The Lady, the man with the strange eyes, the catman, everyone that has suddenly got involved in your life. You think of your daughters and of Jenna. Your eyes well up with tears when you think of them. You quickly blink your tears away, telling yourself that you will see them again. Even if they don't recognize you. You look at the back of Zeke's head. You don't take your eyes away again.
"Zeke? You aren't human, are you?" you ask and the second after you realize how incredibly stupid the question was. Zeke stops and turns towards you with a surprised look on his face. He grins.
"Took you so long to figure it out? No, I'm not human, I'm something that is a mix of the evolution's cruel jokes and some wizards' games. If you haven't found out, I'm part of the Boneblade clan back home."
"So you are a...?"
"Goblin, yes. But I prefer to call it lesser humanoid. Or, well, yeah."
A thought strikes you.
"The people in the Compound... they were all strange. What are they?"
He seems to think hard about the question. He finally looks at you with a strange look in his face.
"You know what, I have absolutely no idea. Everyone who's been there knows, I just don't remember what they are. They're something..."
You smile at the look on his face, but your smile quickly fades away. A small depression sneaks up on you.
"What do you think I am, Zeke?" you ask quietly. He looks away for a while and clears his throat.
"Um... Lets get going again, shall we?" he says and starts walking again. You ignore your aching feet and follow him.
You sit next to a wall, waiting for Zeke to make his choice. He stands in the middle of a intersection, looking after the right street. He seems to be concentrated, so you don't disturb him. Your feet complains at you. He points at one street, so you get up to start wandering again. But he points at another one while moving his lips as if he was talking to someone you can't see. He looks back to the first street and seems to have trouble deciding. You can't help but wonder who he's talking to. When he starts walking about, just staring out in nothingness, you interrupt him.
"Zeke? Are you sure you know what you're doing?"
He glares at you.
"Quiet. I'm thinking here." he says and ignores you. You sit down again and fall asleep.
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Unless someone has got a wish or anything, I'll write more in a couple of days. I'm drowning in schoolwork right now.
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