Broken

Clouded Eyes

I look up and I think about the question. A Savage lives a lonely life fighting for the next meal. A Savage is a broken, hungry, and vicious wolf. A Nomad has others to protect them. I continue to shed my tears. A Nomad has to protect others. A Nomad plays both pawn and knight.

Either way, I have nowhere to be myself. Life is just a game of survival. I get to either be on a team or play by myself. Rules surround me. With a team I have to make sure I survive to help others to survive. I play alone and I fight both Nomads and Savages.

I remember the SRT saying, 'Find the Nomads, those who move survive. Stay away from the lonely, they devour those who come close.'

Clayton sighs and says, "Choose quickly. Not many get this opportunity to become a Nomad."

I blink away my tears, look him in the eye and say, "Not many, yet I do. I have the chance to become a famous Nomad. I know nothing, yet you want to teach me in case I want to become a Savage. I don't know what to do, but you have decided. You will kill me, if I do not become a Nomad. Is that correct?"

He stares at me fiercely. I do the same. I have an idea why I was kicked out of Dohean; I question too much. I question authority and the values of others. I laugh a bit, and say, "Yes I will become a pawn and a knight to protect those within the Nomads because that is my only form of survival."

Clayton eyes relax a bit, he states, "I need a name. Your name, the name the society gave you and the day you were born."

I smile and tell them, "Tori Ana Pratt," Clayton's eyes become huge, I continue, "Born on November 24."

Tears start clouding Clayton's eyes. He turns around to the crowd and tells them, "Leave now I have something to talk about with Tori Ana Pratt."

As soon as he finishes speaking everyone quickly rushes out of the room as if there were a fire in the room. I look at Clayton and realize he is the fire everyone is running from. A fire with tears falling onto his cheeks.

Clayton addresses me, "Tori Ana Pratt. I, Clayton Elliot Pratt, welcome you into the Nomads."

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