“Tell me once more, my Lord. Tell me of the time before.” The young Magmar woman smiled up at him while refilling his golden goblet from the cask of rum he had just sat down on the sand. “You promised you would continue, once you had slain those pesky Humans!” She said with a pout. “Ah, yes my dear, so I did.” He said, wiping his hands on a towel, absentmindedly kicking a severed human head off down the beach. It hit the waters with a slight splash that made him smile. “I still hold the sunset is best watched from these western shores of the Virigiya District.” The maiden was getting comfortable putting down a cushion in front of the barrel of rum and leaning against his chair. With a sigh he sat down in his throne-like seat taking the cup from her hands. He scanned the shoreline then shouted “Ravashing! Put down that leg and come over here! How many times have I told you?! It just does not do to carry enemy body parts around!” The black panther which had been enjoying a light snack on one of the dunes gave a soft purr which would have turned a lesser man’s spine to jelly and trotted over the sand towards the warrior who was once more enjoying the view of the sunset over the bay. He listened to the seagulls’ calls and tasted the salty air. “Simple pleasures” he thought. “Those have always been the greatest.”Read more