"𝐒𝐀𝐈𝐃 𝐈𝐓 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐒 𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐖𝐀𝐋𝐊 𝐒𝐎 𝐈 𝐇𝐀𝐃 𝐓𝐎 𝐒𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔."
〘ʟᴇɢᴏ ɴɪɴᴊᴀɢᴏ x ᴍᴀʟᴇ ɪɴsᴇʀᴛ ʀᴇᴀᴅᴇʀ〙"Throughout time and space I alone and the honoured one."〘ʟʟᴏʏᴅ ɢᴀʀᴍᴀᴅᴏɴ x ᴀᴄʀᴏɴɪx sᴏɴ ʀᴇᴀᴅᴇʀ〙
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episodes of this chapter; S1: E1 Raise of the snake chapter word count: 4637 words
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FIRST PERSON
S1: E1 Raise of the snake
"WAIT HERE, AND I'LL come back for you."
Do you know what those words do to a child?
They become a promise, a lifeline, something you cling to with every bit of hope your tiny heart can muster. And when that promise breaks?
Well... let me tell you.
That man—the one I once called my father—, stood at the door of that cold, crumbling hut, he looked me in the eyes and said those words "Wait for me," he said. "I'll return." like they meant something.
And I—being the dumb, hopeful as I was back then—believed him.
Because I was a child.
See the thing is, I didn't know what lies felt like. I didn't know what abandonment looked like. I knew stories. I knew games. I knew laughter, rare as it was. But betrayal? That was a new lesson.
He said he'd come back. He said I just had to wait. And I did. I waited. For days. Then weeks. Then months. And guess what?
