

Either way, I will be free of this burden.” “I would rather have a full life or a full death. “A half-life is a half-death,” Andromache replied harshly. The half-life you have may be harsh, but it is still a life.” But if you fail, the beast inside you will grow stronger than ever. “If you succeed, you will shed the curse like a snake with their old skin. Nessus stood next to his throne, his arms crossed.

“I will warn you one last time, child,” Orgonos said as his single eye shone with a bright eldritch glow.

Her anger was her anger, but sometimes they acted on their own without discernible reason. Their existence was bound to the curse, and they sensed their doom approaching.Įven after centuries of cohabitation, Andromache still wondered if these creatures had a mind of their own or if they only echoed her buried emotions. Even Kairos’ attempts to scratch them behind the ears didn’t appease them. The world was cold and her lover’s hands were warm.Īndromache’s tentacles coiled on the stone floor, while her hound-heads snapped at both Orgonos and Nessus.
