Prompt #2 - Silenced
“You let her go?” “No, one did not report them until the next sun.” “You let her go.” “It is NOT the same!”
Zanin’s voice becomes shrill for a moment. Strained and forced with a his as he glares across the table. “We are required to report listed criminals. Only that they appear. Waiting two bells mattered little.” Esmond’s disapproving stare meets his brother’s gaze. His mustache shifts up and down. It was like arguing with a mason wall. “If the guards had come she would have been delayed! Their destructive ex would have caught up with them. We both know how vengeful dropped partners are!” A long sigh. Esmond draws in from his cheap cigar, down to mere embers, and stands up from the table. His usual move of leaving whenever his brother had touched a nerve.
Across the way Zanin facepalms. He had gone too far. “Apologies. That was uncalled for brother.” Staring blue eyes are Zanin’s only response. Esmond does not take more of a step towards the door at least. “It is not wrong to bend things, if it will help one person...” “She killed. Again. Because you let her go.” The two brothers found a separate and convenient reason to not come back to the tent that evening.
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