A Knight's Tale, part the first (OPEN)

[Vendredi]

A curse?

The band of metal disappeared as easily as that, and that stroked Fii’s curiosity by another degree. He trotted faster to catch up with the giant, and tried to glance up the other figure’s sleeves surreptitiously. Suddenly, being wet and cold were at the back of his mind, and he wanted to know, consequences be damned.

Something about the giant’s tone did not sound very inviting, but Fii was rarely deterred by something as simple as another man’s discomfort. Granted, the giant was probably large enough to snap Fii like a twig, and the boy didn’t quite know what buttons he was pushing.

Fii considered the giant. Fii considered himself. Then he considered the odds of escaping through a forest in the middle of a rainy night. Maybe. The thought wasn’t entirely impossible.

Then he licked his lips, and ventured forth anyways.”But what is it? Living metal? I’ve never seen anything like you.”