#tho the fact that the devs put it here during this quest next to mitch

[pinkyjulien]

Death of a mercenary ━ author unknown

Quick enough - not I Nor bold enough nor agile Tangled up in wires Like a nest of vipers vile

Was it I who fell? Or was it done to me? Dissolving, disappearing, with you I wished to be

Now tethered, clamoring, the restless swarm Beating in my ears a pale rage - No!

Into the earth I seep, my life the sweet Thorn sticks in my throat

A chill burns brighter - On To the end? What a thought A huddled husk I tumble for the dawn

The old certainty of youth is felled And from its gnarled trunk Memories fall forth

Hours of ours sharp and pressing race Embittered in a powerlocked embrace

With you I wished to be and so I go! Down a road without end through woods half-dreamt

And the chill-bleached delirium of desire Flies into trepid trembling sand

Through the fog of your shadow sharpening The storm tangles in me once again

To sway with you like sweet grasses dry

Still the glassy dust will naught but rise