Mergo sat as he looked towards the saber, it was Shashka, with the hilt having the form of what it seemed the head of a hawk, Mergo still confused, didn't know what was he supposed to do, was he supposed to harm the horse? was he supposed to train with the sword? In the end, he was as confused as all those times he is used to wake up from this exact dream.
Still confused, Mergo brought the sword out of the dirt, it's handle felt soft, covered by a thin layer of leather. The same moment Mergo brought out the sword, and a scabbard slowly formed out of thin light, with the same shiny bright red coloras the sword, but as he touched it, he could feel how it was made out of wood, but covered of leather.
With that done, Mergo looked towards the horse which it seemed pleased, ìt stood up looking behind, as if it made sure that mergo followed him, Mergo just assumed the intentions of the horse and did so, They walked for atleast 20 minutes, walking through the sand, slowly raising towards one of the many houses he saw before. They finally reached one of the many, once there Mergo was baffled, the house which he saw was currently changing as if ghosts were having a remodelation right there and then, slowly turning into a training ground.
The horse sat once again as a training dummy appeared a few meters away from him. Mergo confused looked towards the Horse.
"What do you even want from me?" He asked genuienly tired rubbing his forehead.
The horse didn't answer swinging his head towards the dummy.
"You want me to train?" Mergo asked mostly having a lingering feeling of confusion.
The horse. surprisingly nodded, affirming that it understood him
Mergo already tired and physically, didn't even thought about it, bringing the sword out, as he started swinging the sword, Mergo started slowly, not even trying, as if he was doing this just to leave this hellish "dream" or whatever this place was. Progresively, his swings turned stronger as anger flowed through him, swinging the sword as hard as he could, to the point his hands turned red, because of the preassure he was grabbing the handle, seconds, minutes, hours passed, until he finally "Woke up"
Inside his bed, Mergo looked at his surroundings, with his eyes half open, everything seemed to be ten times more flashier than what it should be, looking at the ceiling, Mergo noticed how his body was covered in sweat, almost as if he came back from a training day with Nail, he raised himself slightly, now sitting in the bed, it was alread deep dark outside, his sister was grabbing his hand to the point it was leaving a mark, Nail who was in the hospital before he fell "asleep" was inside his room.
Mergo sighed and moved slightly to his right, noticing it was still clean and not as covered as sweat as that side he was laying moments ago. He was unsure what that was, but Mergo felt that he'd soon will understand all of this mysticism which is happening around him. He was pretty sure that whatever those dreams were, it was related to what Nora mentioned back then when him and Nail went to sell those corpses.
Nail was sitting behind a desk, eating a pot of instant made noddles. At the same time he was looking at some files that were laying on the side corner of the desk, at that instant his phone rang, it had as the ringtone as a song of pop, it rang through the house , as the only sound that passed through the flat.
He saw the name of the contact, and yet decided to ignore it, he knew that if he'd pick up the phone it would only bring trouble and even more work than what he already had.
He left the phone on the desk so it kept ringing, he stood up heading through the house, reaching the fridge, opening slide it and grabbir a beer from it, the phone rang and rang, whoever it was, he was calling for an important matter.
Nail moved through the kitchen with a calmness of someone who has moved through that kitchen millions of times. The phone kept ringing from the studio. Nail sighed tired, and in less than a blink, a white pale tentacle popped out of his back, moving through the rooms stretching reaching the loud room. it sticked to the phone andcame back to the kitchen, covering Nails arm.
"What do you even want?, Have you seen this time?" Said Nail, trying to keep his voice low to not shout.
A voice so calm came from the other line, the voice was steady yet so calming that no one who'd hear it, could tell what's his real intentions were.
"So the mighty member of the hares doesn't even have time for old friends?"
Nail sghed, that teasing, that tone of voice only she'd bring out around him.
"Just spill it out Nora."
Nail said as he opened another can of beer with the tentacle.
"Awhhh dont get so pissed! You knew already I'd eventually call, you knew my intentions from the beggining s you brought me that kid, I wouldn't be able to hold my curiosity, and I expect of you to not skip ANY detail.
Nail sighed even tho he was pissed of the usual tone that Nora had with him, but even so, she was right, since that day him and Mergo went to Nora's Market, she clearly had developed an interese with Mergo. She clearl saw a great potential in him,and she was the kind of person who'd try to be on the good side of someone talented from the beggining
Nail sighed. "Okay sure, I'll tell you everything I know, but I hope for a compensation afterwards."
Nora from the other line, smirked, with a sly smile knowing well enough what Nail wanted, and yet she had the feeling that she was investing in the future of someone who may change the world in a very proximate future