The girl stays on the far far side of the room, refusing to even look at me, do I blame her? Nah, I'd be scared of me too if I was in her position or would I? The slop was actually not that bad, we repeated this scheduled for a few more days, she hardly talked, I hadn't heard from Leila so I was worried, I had talked to the old man a few more times, I had decided my friends were more important than whatever the fuck I was trying to do, I tried to heal myself, didn't work out so well, actually made shit worse, what was going on was I out of ... No way, it couldn't be happening now when I was needed the most, after a while I had actually made an effort to talk to her and it was paying off, she was kind of more free with me, the girl that is... We talked about silly things sometimes the weather sometimes the random bird that was perched on my window will, there was no way I was in a dessert, fucking annoying, I had no idea where I was, I was about to be dragged into some shit I had no idea about because of some prophecy

"Hey, what's this prophecy about anyway?" I had asked when she came in with dinner one day

"The boy who fell from the sky?" She had pursed her lips at first

"Yeah, seems like a really big deal"

"I shouldn't be talking about that"

"Come on"

"Its a tale of a boy who couldn't remember his past, a boy with mystical powers, a boy who was meant to defy the gods..."

A bird perched on my window and cawed staring at us intently

"A boy who was meant to defy the gods?"

"I really shouldn't be talking about it, I'm sorry" she looked away and refused to say more

"You can't give me that and then refuse to tell me more"

"I'm sorry" she said and ran

"Hey wait, was it something I said!!"

"I want to call her back but I didn't know her name" i mutter

So instead I ate quietly, another girl came to get the trey

"Where's the other girl?"

"Busy" this girl answer me curtly, spitefully

"Did I do something to you, maybe kill your cat or something?" I joke

"Esk killed my mother" she answers calmly and I almost choke

"Oh I'm sorry... I didn't ..."

"Save it" she interrupts me

'How the fuck was I supposed to know, what do I say now, she clearly doesn't want my pity'

"Melrose sayse you're not that bad but I doubt it, you're all the same"

'Melrose huh'

"I'm different"

"How?"

" uhm I can't tell you that"

"Everyone wants to think they're different, but it doesn't defeat the truth"

"I promise, I'm not your regular esk, I actually think my creat- the esk could tone down the violence a bit"

She turns to stare at me

"I'm eskion..."

"I don't care " she calmly intones

"Ouch sting" I hand over the trey and smile

"You can't be brooding all the time, I know that I can't make up for the loss of your uhm mother but I could try"

"Don't bother" she turns and walks away while I wonder where I went wrong, they no longer tied me up and I was recovering quickly

"Well forgive me for feeling responsible for the death of your mother" I mutter then walk over to the window, the moon is bright, kinda like the one back on earth , I can vaguely remember it but bigger and with a purplish tint

There are other buildings, not that good but manageable, kids run around chasing each other a bit to the right there is a small gathering of men and people walk about chatting with each other animatedly, once in a while violence breaks out but it doesn't last long, the victor gets the spoils, fights to the death, I was tight, humans are fucking monsters but then again aren't we all...

"Eskion can you hear me?"

"Leila?"

"I got your transmission,where are you?"

"Down in lesk"

"What are you doing there"

"I fell?"

"Damnit"

"Everything okay?"

"I can't come and get you"

"Oh, no problem"

"You're okay with that"

"Yeah, its not great but I'll manage"

"Thanks there's just so much going on right now"

"Wanna talk about it"

"Yeah, thanks"

"Hey, I got you, Kay?"

"Yeah"

I drop into my bed and smile

"so what happened? "