Tales of Blackwood: One Friend

• Posted by Tae-Rai August 25, 2014 - 404 views

  Tales of Blackwood: One Friend

   

  What is an Ahn Aejude? That is like asking what love means to a mortal.

   

  Just as they do not know, nor do the Tsaesci people. They just... Know.

   

  You are bonded to that one soul. You protect your one friend with your life.

   

  They are yours and you are theirs. Their flesh is yours and your scales are theirs. Even closer the hatch mates.

   

  That is what I feel in my soul, my being... It's what I feel in my heart when I gaze upon tsic Ahn Aejude.

   

  She is the One Friend. How do I know? I do not. I just... Know.

   

  The Tsaesci people have always had little trust, but the Ahn Aejude receives it all. As they should. As they always should.

   

  My Ahn Aejude is my only friend, the only thing that I can see. What once was dark is now lightened.

   

  What hope was lost is now there. What love I lacked is now... Given.

   

  The others do not understand. “A filthy human!” they cry in disbelief. They think I have lost my mind.

   

  She is more than that to my eyes. They do not see what I can see.

   

  A healer, the mender of wounds.

   

  A saint, the bringer of peace.

   

  An ally, the slayer of the damned.

   

  A friend, the one I will never abandon.

   

  Tsic Ahn Aejude. My Ahn Aejude.

   

  My One Friend.

  ~ Tales of Blackwood ToC ~