《TWIG - The System Can't Save Me, But It Can't Stop Me Either [a gamelit-portal-fantasy-poem by eric river]》Chapter 017 - It's nice to know that other gods would help me... if they could....
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CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
It's nice to know that other gods would help me... if they could....
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~ Name: Log ~
Title: Crybaby hero
Class: Hunter [lv137]
HP
[197]
MANA
[58]
ATK
[213]
INT
[22⇨ 25]
DEF
[146]
SPD
[64]
Sorry I can’t give you more, most gods can’t do this much
For a while I’ll have to limit status buffs and such
Do what you can for your son, his life’s about to change
But he’s already overcome things so grand and strange
Twig’s family went home to pack his things into a bag
His mother packed so much his father feared that it might drag
Twig was vague but made it clear he had to go alone
And so his father gave him a kind message of his own
“I don’t know how this happened, you were always a good boy
You never wanted more than any young man would enjoy
Whatever happens out there, you be careful as can be
And as soon as you’re able, you come straight back home to me”
Log had always been a hero, since he was a child
He spent his youth achieving great things, mostly running wild
His daughters all took after him, they’re fire magic was prime
But they also picked up the sword and shield from time to time
When his son was born it was obvious he was weak
But he cried the loudest of them all, he wasn’t meek
He never had the help of any skills or a blessing
But he would smile and always give a quest his everything
He tried to teach him magic when he was still very young
But he had no talent for it and his failures stung
He tried to teach him sword skills but despite his diligence
No god rewarded his young son’s stubborn vigilance
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Now his son was there before him, still a feeble child
Missing one hand and an eye, about to face the wild
No friends he can count on and no god to bless his path
What could such a boy have done to earn the whole world’s wrath
Achievement: Endure
Log, you know there’s nothing you can do but wish him well
Trust that you have given all the advice you can tell
The gods I know all watch him though they cannot guide his fate
But he’s surely loved by many, so your tears can wait
“The gods have never spoken to me as often as now
Twig, you’ve done something to get their attention somehow
I always knew that you were special, but it’s clear to see
You’ll be fine somehow even without more help from me”
With confidence he placed his giant hand on his son’s head
Wishing that he could have faced such a fate in his stead
Log had never been a man to dwell on complex things
But he knew heroes’ stories always had happy endings
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