The night went by smoothly, the noises of small critters bothered the duo little and soon dawn slowly rose up. While still in a deep slumber, Shizame's face couldn't stop flinching from a cold sensation hitting his face, at first it was a few time a minute but quickly became too frequent breaking him out of his dreams.




The sky began to pour heavily, accompanied by the sound of loud thunder, to his surprised Milda was already awake and prepped up. She looked at him smiling '' One hell of an alarm clock eh? Well get those legs movin, we got an hour of walkin before we reach a town''.



Shizame begrudgingly stood up, he would have preferred cowering underneath a tree until the weather calmed down. A luxuary he never had as a slave, the memories made him feel something odd around his neck... well lack of feeling i should say. The collar was no longer there, Milda chuckled waving it in front of his face '' Yeh i was awake long before you, i know how to break out of these things. Ya can thank me later, not hop hop!''.





Her cheerful mood couldn't ease Shizame's mind being fully soaked and by the sight of the clouds, the weather won't change for quite a while. Milda wouldn't let him being grumpy and quiet, so she decided to force some small talk while they were traveling.




Milda: So how long were you a slave, 2 years? More?



Shizame: I can't remember, honeslty think i was born with a collar. Which thanks for getting rid off... hard to sleep with that thing pushing against your neck.




Milda: Ever since you were young huh? Sadly Child slavery was legal until a few years ago when Sorkon rose into power. Neo shigu was no better than Durianossa in that regard... Well Sorkon isn't perfect but i guess its better-ish?





Shizame: Don't know any of the places you speak of.




Milda: North is Sorkon, i wanted to visit but the cold always bothered me too much. Durianossa is my home town, a really bad place if you aren't part of the nobles. Slavery is still legal and by god don't cause trouble with any of the gangs there.




Shizame: Sounds little different from my village, owned by fanatics of the main land. Praising Rain or something... hate rain, too cold.





Milda: Hah! Good one but trust me, Rain they worship is far far scarier. I never seen her but just hope she never cross the seas, those Neo Shigu weirdos were probably outcast who wanted to recreate Shigu where they were the higher classes. Never been there because honestly i rather not get violently molested by people poured blood lines underneath their eyes.






Shizame: What about that Sorkon place? Said it took over.





Milda: They are more welcoming thats for sure, but my god whatever you do, do not make enemy out of them. Umasi their leader said '' Be cruel to your enemies, do whatever you deem necessary to ensure our reign never end''. Basically they use their messed up methods for the opposition, how long till she change he tune and become Rain number 2 i don't know haha.







Shizame: Let's change subject... how long until that village, hope they have warm rooms.




Milda: If we're lucky, an hour. Once we rent a room we'll pop that chest open, we can def split the profits since you saved my butt!

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