with spears and swords of gleaming red,
their shadows extended, stretched
to bathe them in darkness . . .
𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐒
𝐃𝐎𝐄𝐒𝐍'𝐓 𝐃𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐓𝐎𝐔𝐂𝐇 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐌 𝐍𝐎𝐖.
i wonder. are all our urfly cousins this quick to assume?
That's not a full meal.
i wonder. are all our urfly cousins this quick to assume?
hey i bet most of my blood is back now...
until then, maybe we could have a... drink & a conversation? get to know you better?
what's with you?
here i've got sand and hungry travellers and addicts and people who no one ever comes lookin' for.
go on.
yes, i thought so.
that's why you're better off with me. i'm expected here. i was invited. and i know the rules of the game.
go on.
yes, i thought so.
that's why you're better off with me. i'm expected here. i was invited. and i know the rules of the game.
i'm in no danger. but i'll confess, your offer, if that's what this is, has me curious. you don't look so ____ to me.
you're in danger here, you know. i'll go, if that's what you want, but by my side is the only --secure-- place in this entire universe.
go on.
yes, i thought so.
that's why you're better off with me. i'm expected here. i was invited. and i know the rules of the game.
you're in danger here, you know. i'll go, if that's what you want, but by my side is the only --secure-- place in this entire universe.
you're in danger here, you know. i'll go, if that's what you want, but by my side is the only --secure-- place in this entire universe.
come with me.
come with me.
you should leave.
i want your most expensive wine. at once.
come with me.
i want your most expensive wine. at once.
don't you know your own name, alice? maybe i'm not the one who ought to be careful.
i want your most expensive wine. at once.
don't you know your own name, alice? maybe i'm not the one who ought to be careful.
as for me, what my name is stays as much a mystery to you as it does to me. you can call me alice. you can call me anything.
i bet you say that to all the girls.
well . . . to be honest . . . ( she pouts when she thinks, her eyes looking up at the ceiling. ) i'm kind of fussy when it comes to drinks.
what's your name, darling?
don't you know your own name, alice? maybe i'm not the one who ought to be careful.
i bet you say that to all the girls.
well . . . to be honest . . . ( she pouts when she thinks, her eyes looking up at the ceiling. ) i'm kind of fussy when it comes to drinks.
what's your name, darling?
( she has an odd look herself, her eyes unblinking, on the verge of frantic, restrained to a choking point. )
look at you. a real stunner. you ever had to pay for your own drink in your life, sugar?
. . . hnnnn. you're right, it's stupid of me. with a face like that offering me *free booze*, how could i say no?
kassandra.
i bet you say that to all the girls.
well . . . to be honest . . . ( she pouts when she thinks, her eyes looking up at the ceiling. ) i'm kind of fussy when it comes to drinks.
what's your name, darling?