The hyur woman stood on the front porch of the Coffer and Coffin. A half-full tankard of a pungent ale rested in her hand and her black hair covered her face. She was sobbing softly and tears ran down her cheeks slowly. Â An armored figure walked beside her and stopped, the boots clattering loudly on the wooden floor.
The crying hyur woman looked over after a moment and gazed into Atrium's tattooed face as Atrium gazed at her.
"Come to stare at me?" the woman said softly, but her tone aggressive. Atrium blinked her mis-matched eyes and nodded.
"Please do not mind this one as I do so."
The crying woman growled at Atrium.Â
"Let me suffer in peace."
"Why are you suffering?" Atrium asked flatly, her face blank.
"Because he left me!" the crying woman took a long drink. "He left me for his whore and now I'm alone." the woman clutched her stomach in emotional pain. Â "I wish I was dead."
"You wish you were dead?" Atrium repeated to make sure she had heard correctly.
"This pain is awful. I do." the crying woman said as she took another drink. Atrium nodded slowly. The Crow calmly pulled the axe on her back around and slipped it free from the loop on the back of her armor. Â Atrium slid her hands along the axe haft and then hoisted the weapon above her head to strike. The crying woman saw the motion, turned, screamed and backed away.
"What are you doing? the crying woman exclaimed in horror.
"I was going to kill you because you said you wanted to die." Atrium shrugged as if this answer was very obvious. " Thought I would be kind to you."
"When I said that-what is wrong with you? Get away from me!" the crying woman screamed, throwing her tankard at Atrium before she turned and fled.Â
Atrium stood there, ale dripping from her ashen hair as she shouldered her axe and blinked.
"Living people are weird."
The crying hyur woman looked over after a moment and gazed into Atrium's tattooed face as Atrium gazed at her.
"Come to stare at me?" the woman said softly, but her tone aggressive. Atrium blinked her mis-matched eyes and nodded.
"Please do not mind this one as I do so."
The crying woman growled at Atrium.Â
"Let me suffer in peace."
"Why are you suffering?" Atrium asked flatly, her face blank.
"Because he left me!" the crying woman took a long drink. "He left me for his whore and now I'm alone." the woman clutched her stomach in emotional pain. Â "I wish I was dead."
"You wish you were dead?" Atrium repeated to make sure she had heard correctly.
"This pain is awful. I do." the crying woman said as she took another drink. Atrium nodded slowly. The Crow calmly pulled the axe on her back around and slipped it free from the loop on the back of her armor. Â Atrium slid her hands along the axe haft and then hoisted the weapon above her head to strike. The crying woman saw the motion, turned, screamed and backed away.
"What are you doing? the crying woman exclaimed in horror.
"I was going to kill you because you said you wanted to die." Atrium shrugged as if this answer was very obvious. " Thought I would be kind to you."
"When I said that-what is wrong with you? Get away from me!" the crying woman screamed, throwing her tankard at Atrium before she turned and fled.Â
Atrium stood there, ale dripping from her ashen hair as she shouldered her axe and blinked.
"Living people are weird."
