“You know Tam and Cricket. I dunno about the priest.”
Tellin hissed and backed up, hair prickling.
Because I am your only hope of banishing the other demon.
“Why do you care about me so much?”
He hadn’t meant to say it. That wasn’t a fair question— she was nice, and he was a human.
But… sometimes he thought maybe it was something else. Like maybe he was a nice human too, in some way.
“Hours?” He asked doubtfully.” And this is what they came up with?
He fought back tears that kept rolling doen his cheeks. “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to scare you.”
Hes a lil tall. Maybe 5’ 10 1/2 ish
Tears welled up in his eyes and he hugged her back. “But it could be true. Someday I’ll say something dumb and thoughtless, and… and that’ll be it. Someday, I’ll… I’ll die. Either literally or…” he looked up at the roof of the barn. “Or just kind of..”
Somehow that didn’t reassure him. Being a main character was so much pressure…
But…
“I wouldn’t even know,” he said. “These could be the last words I ever speak, and I wouldn’t even know it.”