Outcast - Chapter 24
**Chapter 24** My world became motion. From waking up to finally bedding down, my life became a whirlwind of motion and activity. Between work, school, and my training, there seemed to be no real time for me to simply stop and catch my breath....
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...
Outcast - Chapter 21
**Chapter 21** There's a prayer I learned...a type of daily benediction I heard from someone who'd been to Earth. It was a call to one of their gods for strength, serenity, and wisdom. The prayer is to grant one the strength to change what can be...
Outcast - Chapter 20
**Chapter 20** Honour and pride are often confused for each other. During the Age of the Warlords, many atrocities were committed in the supposed name of 'honour.' In truth, they were little more than gestures based on a need to preserve one's sense...
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 7
Chapter 7 Control...that's what it's all about. Having it...wanting it...craving it...control is the one thing that seems to drive us. When we have control, particularly of our own lives, we feel invulnerable. We're the centre of the...
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 18
**Chapter 18** When my friend Risha Goddard was 4 years old, her parents bought her a stuffed tiger for Ascension Day. There wasn't really anything special about it; it was just one of the many plush animals you could buy during that time of the...
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 2
**Chapter 2** I never gave it much thought back then, but it seems strange to me now that no one came to my aid that night. Many Clansmen - some of them seasoned fighters - were still in the building, yet no one ever came. Had I known then...