The Flame of Anger

[Oicha]

The dripping grows louder. What is that sound, I find myself wondering this often. A near silent splish splosh in the distance.

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How long has it been since I have learned what it truly feels like to love? How long since I have truly only been consumed by my ever present, raging hatred? That clawing need for V E N G E A N C E is always there, yet I have not acted upon it in years. Perhaps he knows, my constant companion through these times. Even as I have settled into this peaceful routine, his life has hardly changed. Or is it more appropriate to say our lives? I find myself dwelling on such questions even as I watch the children play. Even as I watch Sayu happily go about her day to day routine. Am I truly myself, or am I simply one half of a larger being? Can we truly call ourselves seperate now?

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Ah, the relentless dripping will not cease. it drives me M A D with F U R Y, yet I cannot act upon that fury. It is simply out of reach, even if I claw towards the deepest recesses of my mind, I cannot find my way back to the comfort of my old ways. Yes, comfort, that is a fitting word. There was ease in the simplicity of being a wild beast. Destroying and conquering as I saw fit. 

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Was that truly me?

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Who am I truly? Am I Robert, or am I Goreal? Were we always the same? Was that incident simply a means to awaken me, or a way to create me? The peace I know now, watching these children frolick, observing this small village busily work away, toiling in their fields every day, is this true peace? Do I enjoy these moments or do I simply repress my H A T R E D for his sake?

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Ah, I see now. I know what that dripping sound is.

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I mourn what I have lost, while I celebrate what I have gained.

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Tears. Happiness and Anguish in equal measure.

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I was Goreal. Once great savage spirit, conqueror of the weak, dealer of vengeance. Now, I am Goreal. Friend to Robert, protector of his family and children, defender of his loved ones.

"Yer more than that, yer family too."

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Yes, I have found family here. I have seen another path, and these tears of joy will continue to flow.

But should you die Robert. My vengeance will be renewed ten-fold.

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