Revenant Viridity

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I ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ʜᴀᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʜᴀɴᴄᴇ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ꜱᴏғᴛ.

I ᴡᴀꜱ ʀᴀɪꜱᴇᴅ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅɪʀᴛ, ᴍᴇᴇᴛɪɴɢ ᴇᴠɪʟ ᴡʜᴇɴ I ᴡᴀꜱ ᴏɴʟʏ ᴀ ᴋɪᴅ.
I ʜᴀᴅ ᴛᴏ ʟᴇᴀʀɴ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴛɪᴛᴄʜ ᴜᴘ ᴍʏ ᴡᴏᴜɴᴅꜱ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴡɪᴘᴇ ᴏғғ ᴛʜᴇ ʙʟᴏᴏᴅ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴍʏ ғᴀᴄᴇ.

I ᴡᴀꜱ ᴀʟᴡᴀʏꜱ ʙʟᴏᴏᴅʏ ᴋɴᴜᴄᴋʟᴇꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ꜱʜᴀʀᴅꜱ ᴏғ ɢʟᴀꜱꜱ.
I ᴡᴀɴᴛᴇᴅ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴀғʀᴀɪᴅ ᴏғ ʜᴜʀᴛɪɴɢ ᴍᴇ.

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"Iᴛ'ꜱ ᴀ ʙɪᴛ ᴛʀᴀɢɪᴄ, ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ, ɪꜱɴ'ᴛ ɪᴛ," I ᴀꜱᴋᴇᴅ ʜɪᴍ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀ ᔕᗩᖇᗪOᑎIᑕ ꜱᴍɪʟᴇ.

Tʜᴇ ʙᴏʏ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅɴ'ᴛ ʟᴏᴏᴋ ᴍᴇ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇʏᴇꜱ.

Hᴇ ᴄᴏᴜɢʜᴇᴅ ᴜᴘ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ʙʟᴏᴏᴅ, ᴡɪᴘɪɴɢ ɪᴛ ғʀᴏᴍ ʜɪꜱ ᴄʜɪɴ ᴡʜᴇɴ ɪᴛ ᴛʀɪᴄᴋʟᴇᴅ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏʀɴᴇʀꜱ ᴏғ ʜɪꜱ ᴍᴏᴜᴛʜ, ꜱᴛᴀɪɴɪɴɢ ʜɪꜱ ꜱʟᴇᴇᴠᴇ ʀᴇᴅ.

"Hᴏᴡ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴍᴀᴅᴇ ᴡᴀʀʀɪᴏʀꜱ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴏғ ᴄʜɪʟᴅʀᴇɴ," I ᴄᴏɴᴛɪɴᴜᴇᴅ, ᴡᴀʟᴋɪɴɢ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴜʙʙʟᴇ. "ØɄ₮ Ø₣ Ʉ₴."

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I ʜᴀᴅ ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏꜱᴛ ʜᴏʀʀɪғɪᴄ ᴇᴠᴇɴᴛꜱ ᴡɪᴛʜᴏᴜᴛ ғᴀʟᴛᴇʀɪɴɢ. Bᴜᴛ ᴡʜᴇɴ I ᴍᴇᴛ ʏᴏᴜ, ᴍʏ ᴋɴᴇᴇꜱ ʙᴜᴄᴋʟᴇᴅ.

Iɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍɪᴅᴅʟᴇ ᴏғ ᴍʏ ᴄʜᴀᴏꜱ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴡᴀꜱ ʏᴏᴜ, ꜱᴛᴀɴᴅɪɴɢ ᴀʙᴏᴠᴇ ɪᴛ ᴀʟʟ.

Wᴇ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ʏᴏᴜɴɢ.
Wᴇ ᴅɪᴅɴ'ᴛ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ʟɪғᴇ ʜᴀᴅ ᴘʟᴀɴɴᴇᴅ ғᴏʀ ᴜꜱ.

Sᴏ, ʟɪᴋᴇ ғᴏᴏʟꜱ

Wᴇ ғᴇʟʟ ɪɴ ʟᴏᴠᴇ.

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I ꜱɪɢʜᴇᴅ, ʜᴏʟᴅɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏʏ ᴜᴘ ʙʏ ʜɪꜱ ᴡᴀɪꜱᴛ, ʜɪꜱ ʜᴇᴀᴅ ғᴀʟʟɪɴɢ ᴏɴᴛᴏ ᴍʏ ᴄᴏʟʟᴀʀʙᴏɴᴇ ᴀꜱ ʜᴇ ʟᴏꜱᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴛʀᴇɴɢᴛʜ ᴛᴏ ʜᴏʟᴅ ɪᴛ ᴜᴘ.

"Wʜᴀᴛ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴡᴇ ᴅᴏɴᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴇᴀᴄʜ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ?"

Tʜᴇ ᴛɪᴘꜱ ᴏғ ᴍʏ ғɪɴɢᴇʀꜱ ɢʜᴏꜱᴛᴇᴅ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴏʟʟᴏᴡꜱ ᴏғ ʜɪꜱ ᴄʜᴇᴇᴋꜱ, ʙʀᴜꜱʜɪɴɢ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏɴꜱᴛᴇʟʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴘᴀɪɴᴛᴇᴅ ʜɪꜱ ꜱᴋɪɴ.

Hɪꜱ ᴇʏᴇʟᴀꜱʜᴇꜱ ғᴀɴɴᴇᴅ ʜɪꜱ ᴄʜᴇᴇᴋʙᴏɴᴇꜱ ᴀꜱ ʜɪꜱ ᴇʏᴇꜱ ғʟᴜᴛᴛᴇʀᴇᴅ ᴏᴘᴇɴ, ɢʀᴇᴇɴ ᴇʏᴇꜱ ɢʟᴀᴢᴇᴅ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴘᴀɪɴ ᴀɴᴅ ᴇxʜᴀᴜꜱᴛɪᴏɴ.