Marachius Ainsley

Return Letter

(This follows the events of this: https://chardiary.com/c/Regynn-96/diary/entries/545 )

Marc sat on his bed, his foot idly tapping against his greatsword on the floor as he read over the letter one more time. His brow furled slightly and he let out a quick breath as he thought about what he’d read.

“Boralus”, the paladin muttered to himself. “And we thought I’d be the one running around.”

Marachius continued reading, reaching up and scratching his chin. At least she’s found some friends over there, he thought. Someone to keep her company while I’m stuck here.

Then he paused in his re-reading. “Boyfriend? Why would she think I was a boyfriend? What did Reggy tell her?” His face scrunched up as he re-read the lines again, as if he expected some information to spring up between the lines or writing. “Hmm.”

Finally, Marc finished reading the letter again and sat up a little straighter. After a moment, he got up and went to the small desk in the room and grabbed some paper and a pen. Sitting down at the desk, he thought quietly for a moment before putting ink to paper.

Dear Reggy,

Glad to hear that everything is good there. I’m kind of jealous that you got there before me. I expect that I’ll make it there in a couple of weeks. The healers say that I’ve made a lot of progress lately. Haven’t killed anyone recently. Ha ha. Anyways, they said that I’ll be going out to the field soon enough.

Your friend Kya sounds nice. Hope she’s good at keeping you company until I can track you down. Is she the one that got you to wear a dress? If she did, tell her that I said she worked a miracle.  Ha ha.

I miss our talks, too. None of the other paladins understand why the orphanage is so important to me/us. With luck, I’ll be there soon.

Stay safe and I’ll be there as soon as I can.

Marc