"Jus' a peek." It whispered to him in Melkire's voice. Why was it always Melkire's voice?
"No," Berrod refused.
"Just look at him, and you'll know."
"-No-."
"Turn it away from the Miqo'te, and look at the Roegadyn. Answer the question once and fer all."
"I won't."
"Why? What are you afraid of?"
Berrod felt his strength draining. It had already emptied his root and sacral. "It ain't right."
"Yer afraid that he's stronger than you."
"No."
"Yer afraid that he's better than you."
"Bugger off, I ain't afraid o'that."
"...ah, I get it now, Armstrong. Yer afraid that he'll stare right back into you."
The terror that gripped him was enough confirmation. He could feel the pain in his knees feed on it. It was then he took that, and fed it up to the all-consuming pull of the mind's eye. Finally, silence as the chakra took the significant store of aether and applied it to the task it had been given. It remained focused on the Miqo'te. For as curious as he had been before, when the opportunity had presented itself for him to take a look at the Roegadyn, he realized that he simply did not want to see.
"No," Berrod refused.
"Just look at him, and you'll know."
"-No-."
"Turn it away from the Miqo'te, and look at the Roegadyn. Answer the question once and fer all."
"I won't."
"Why? What are you afraid of?"
Berrod felt his strength draining. It had already emptied his root and sacral. "It ain't right."
"Yer afraid that he's stronger than you."
"No."
"Yer afraid that he's better than you."
"Bugger off, I ain't afraid o'that."
"...ah, I get it now, Armstrong. Yer afraid that he'll stare right back into you."
The terror that gripped him was enough confirmation. He could feel the pain in his knees feed on it. It was then he took that, and fed it up to the all-consuming pull of the mind's eye. Finally, silence as the chakra took the significant store of aether and applied it to the task it had been given. It remained focused on the Miqo'te. For as curious as he had been before, when the opportunity had presented itself for him to take a look at the Roegadyn, he realized that he simply did not want to see.
![[Image: tumblr_ojgu7zoaag1robwlio1_540.png]](https://68.media.tumblr.com/80be4033cdf57fb6268473ef9ce37db6/tumblr_ojgu7zoaag1robwlio1_540.png)
