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“I know, I am in awe everytime I see it and I often visit.” The Priest walked over and kneeled down to my height, then continued. “Glad to see you all cleaned up and taken care of young one. Please excuse my rudeness, but I never asked your name. You may call me Darian.”
“My name? If you really want to call me anything then Crimson is fine.”
“That name suits you. Well, now that we have properly introduced each other I need to go and head to the temple. You stay here and rest, alright?”
I gave a thumbs up and Darian left. I limped to the terrasse and looked down, people watching to kill some time. A child tripped over a toy, a woman swept the marble floor while humming, a man trimmed off dead leaves and an angry woman yelled at her husband. I glanced to the side and noticed a silver mirror on the side table. I grabbed it and finally got a good look at the body I was possessing. I had long black hair that one of the nurses put up into a bun, red eyes and pale skin. My real body didn’t look much different from this, so overall I felt pretty okay with this body, the only downside being that I was still a kid. The sun was practically down by the time Darian returned with some food and I could barely stay awake while eating. And with that day one in Arasta Village had gone by.
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My initial gut feeling kept returning the next morning. Something about this place
felt off and I couldn’t put my finger on it. Darian brought breakfast and went off to the temple again. With nothing better to do I people watched again. A child tripped over a toy, a woman swept the marble floor while humming, a man trimmed off dead leaves and