The Call of the Flame, Book 2 (Chapter 1)
Ekcoes for Arleth
A young man who's been prepared his whole life for a singular purpose. And who, by design, is utterly devoted to all this mission entails, which puts him in a mild crisis. Of free will and his own destiny.
Voice: Hopeful, optimistic and sure of his himself as much as he is sure of others. When his purpose is attacked he holds on all the tighter.
[A monologue on free will and choice, by Ngoc Nguyen] Between life and death, I employ
my nobler reason for being here
despite my heart's most meager joy;
can discord's ire uproot what's near
my ambushed soul's bliss and destroy
my furtive hopes that are so dear?I, a mild man who lives in hope,
seek salvation from death and strife;
and struggle valiantly to cope
and thrive (as if my looked-for life's
beyond departing from the scope
of the edge of the Reaper's scythe).
