with broken sword , his waking death was drifting tward a noble end he did not fear their ghostly form or run from grisly rules of play he stood before the dreadful host and plumed with shattered gusts of rage he crushed their bones with driving rain and tore their skin from rancid flesh to puncture crawling hearts with steel and scatter what remained beneath my uniform , it doesnt fit du-lu the elder my uniform , it doesnt fit i could take it out a little i tried it on and fabric split seams are looking stretched and brittle i ate too many of your fruity pies buttered crusts and creams have made you merry you made this soldier a much bigger size on the battlefield , youll still be scary theyre going to pull me in a cart to display your fearsome girth theyre worried it might fall apart can not hold your massive worth i need to dress and say goodbye please stay and have just one more pie go back to sleep and close your eyes takmn-ra go back to sleep and close your eyes im here beside your lonely cries from grisly sounds you woke in fright but nothings here to fear at night the scratch on doors , the snarls and howls are not more wounded beasts in prowl but simply wind or little mice that roam the night by once or twice the screams and yells and cries for life are not more groaning madmens strife but simply actors in a play rehearsing scenes for shows today if creatures lurked outside these walls or ghastly men shout summoned calls youre safe in here with me to hold against the tide til you are old https : //twitter.com/eliopaige https : //www.smashwords.com/profile/view/eliopaige eli.olivia.paige @ gmail.com tempted by fire hunters among us , book 1 by m.d .