The Gates of Bisanthium.
"Whaddya want, kid?" inquired the previously un-bothered guard, regarding the pale urchin.
"Just to know what happened here, Oh Mighty Lordship," Sethos snidely answered. The guard considered smacking the upstart youth there on the spot, but shortly reconcidered; something stayed his hand. Moreso than compassion, he simply could not bring himself to touch the boy.
"There was a fight, kid, whaddas it look like? What, you think th' bartender did this?"
"I heard some guards died last night. And some important people, too."
"If you was smart, you'd stop askin' so many questions."
There was a brief moment of silence. Sethos pulled back his hood and looked the guard squarely in the eye. For a moment, even that jaded old man felt his gorge rising.
"L-Look, kid. I'm feelin' nice t'day. Get outta here now an' I won't tell anyone 'bout what you said." Though he tried to sound authoritative, the watchman sounded more like he was begging. After a short moment, Seth turned his eyes to the west. Before he could bring those unnatural pink eyes up to bear down on the guard again, the older fellow spoke.
"Look, noone knows alla what happ'ned. One a' them had wings, up and flew outta here...One stole a horse, rode inta th' forests t' the South a' town..." He turned his eyes skyward, and made a sour face. "Now really, go on, git!"
Sethos walked away without words, drawing up the hood of his cloak. The guard immediately set about forgetting that the child existed.
Continued on Day 03 - Tharagyan Peninsula.
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