05-11-2016, 02:03 AM
He stood, giving a shrug before walking off in the direction he had come. He had never even acknowledged the elf standing by. Was he there for the same job? It didn't matter and he didn't care.
He turned onto the main street. The sun was behind the buildings to his right, casting shadows over the street and over his path. He rarely stood in direct sunlight when he could help it. There were several practical reasons why he stuck to the shade, but the foremost one in his mind was that it just felt natural.
"I hope you didn't take this job only because he gave you the option of hurting the guy." A voice sounded in his mind. It was his own but coming from a separate part of him, namely his shadow. "The guy could be innocent for all you know."
"No one is innocent." He responded, mostly ignoring what his shadow was saying.
"I was."
Hayze audibly growled in his throat, immediately purging the thought from his mind.
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Hours later, Hayze entered the town to the south. The directions he had been given were a little ambiguous, but it turned out there was only one road. At the end of the road there was indeed a shop. He had been walking again on the shady side of the road and now passed through the shadow of the target building. He knew that as his shadow melded with others, it could gain information about the object casting the shadow. What his shadow could determine, he wasn't sure until it told him.
He paused for a second before stepping up to the door and trying the knob to open it.
He turned onto the main street. The sun was behind the buildings to his right, casting shadows over the street and over his path. He rarely stood in direct sunlight when he could help it. There were several practical reasons why he stuck to the shade, but the foremost one in his mind was that it just felt natural.
"I hope you didn't take this job only because he gave you the option of hurting the guy." A voice sounded in his mind. It was his own but coming from a separate part of him, namely his shadow. "The guy could be innocent for all you know."
"No one is innocent." He responded, mostly ignoring what his shadow was saying.
"I was."
Hayze audibly growled in his throat, immediately purging the thought from his mind.
_____
Hours later, Hayze entered the town to the south. The directions he had been given were a little ambiguous, but it turned out there was only one road. At the end of the road there was indeed a shop. He had been walking again on the shady side of the road and now passed through the shadow of the target building. He knew that as his shadow melded with others, it could gain information about the object casting the shadow. What his shadow could determine, he wasn't sure until it told him.
He paused for a second before stepping up to the door and trying the knob to open it.