Outcast - Chapter 17
**Chapter 17** I remember watching old war movies on the telescreen with Grandfather when I was still a cub. There was no real substance to the movies; they glorified the heroes, demonized the villains, and gave a romantic flair to the whole idea of...
Outcast - Chapter 5
**Chapter 5** _You are no longer my son... my son... my son..._ How is it possible for someone to cheat death not once, but twice? What kind of destiny must one have when the very hands of the Patrons stays the scythe of the Reaper twice in a...
Outcast - Chapter 3
**Chapter 3** Is it possible to fight for something, even if you know that object is either false or unattainable? Can you honestly put your heart into a task, knowing that in the end, it's nothing more than a futile gesture recognized by no one but...
Outcast - Chapter 4
**Chapter 4** Away from it all now, I can see how obvious it all was. Everything had been laid out, and the signs were all around me. Yet, for all the warning and foreshadowing, I was too blinded by my own ambitions and hopes to see what...
Outcast - Chapter 11
**Chapter 11** Where does one draw the line? What makes them cross it once it's drawn? We'd like to think the law is absolute...that in spite of circumstance or context, the written word of law is cut and dried...black and white. In a perfect...
Outcast - Chapter 9
**Chapter 9** The next morning came all too quickly. Excited as I was to be starting this new page of my life, I couldn't deny the fact that my bed had felt just right...so warm...soft... It was tough to leave it behind. Of course, it...
Outcast - Chapter 10
**Chapter 10** I never thought in a million years I could be so detached from time by something so simple as a conversation. Thinking back on it now, I'm not sure if it was the conversation itself, or the simple act of conversing I found so...
Outcast - Chapter 14
**Chapter 14** There's an old Terran saying that a lot of Bengalans have adopted. I'm not saying we as a race are overly pragmatic, but when part of your heritage is that of a feral predator, patience is pretty much written into your...
Outcast - Chapter 12
**Chapter 12** The next week brought with it a mix of emotions so complex, as well as so many questions and doubts, to this day I still wonder how I made it through. In a mere handful of days, I'm sure I experienced a gamut of emotions most...
Outcast - Chapter 22
**Chapter 22** There is always a choice. I've heard the phrase more times than I care to think about: 'I had no choice.' It's a blatant lie. It's better to say instead of 'no choice,' you made the least harmful one. In situations like that, the...