Notes of Destiny 22
(Tragic Questions)

The strange magic continued,
And the crew bound their wrists
And Fort and Windy knew not-
Of what magic this did consist.
Soon the magic died away,
And they were forced to their knees.
They looked up at Tragic,
Whose voice put none at ease.

His voice was rough and ragged,
An almost inhuman sound.
And no matter how many times you heard it,
There was still more fear to be found.
His accent was thick and mumbling,
His emphases were acute,
And all of this was emphasized
By his compassion being minute.

Tragic: “Boy! You are from Ka’Lanner!
Do not lie to me!
Why are you traveling from Fairwood,
Who are you, and who is she?”

Fort grit his teeth angrily,
And Tragic’s eyes grew wide.
He grabbed Fort by his shirt lapel,
And threw him to the side.
The pirates began to stomp him hard,
And Windy screamed out: “No!”

But nothing that she tried to do,
Could ever stop those blows.

Tragic put his hand up in the air,
And every pirate stopped.

Tragic: “Put him down in the brig!
Later he will be flogged!!”

Pirate: “What do we do with the girl?”

Tragic: “Leave this one to me.
She will tell me why Fairwood’s shores,
Are something they both flee.”

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