4.1 : Charlatans and illusions

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Broken one?

A story of sadness?

There is not a soul in this forsaken land that could not be described the same. As I stand here, drunk, my fur soaked in my own blood, my story of sadness is as clear as my weeping wounds.

I have met fortune-tellers like this many times and their tricks are always the same – vague statements and twisting meanings. Usually, they do it for money, but this time I do not know why this Vistani has made such a show of our ‘reading’ or for what purpose she has decided to name me broken. Perhaps just another cruel trick like so much we have encountered here, like the wolves…

…there are so many illusions in this land, I should have stayed close to Hoskgak and Destiny to guard Ireena. But I felt compelled to act. I was certain that I could handle the larger wolf until the rest of my group caught up and maybe I could save the horse and whoever its rider was. I could not stand by and let something so horrific happen again, now that I had the power to help; this is what I had been training for.

But I made a mistake and it nearly cost me everything. My rescue transformed to a nightmare before my eyes, as a second dire wolf manifested out of the illusion that lured me to this trap, ripping into my flesh with its jaws.

It could have ended much, much worse. My need to act put all of us at risk.

I must learn to focus and overcome these fears that force me to act without thinking. If I am broken, I will fix myself, without prophecy, parlour tricks or Madam Eva the fortune-teller.

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