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Spotlight: Palm (Aftermath p7)
4 years ago
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“Things don't go wrong and break your heart so you can become bitter and give up. They happen to break you down and build you up so you can be all that you were intended to be.”
- Samuel Johnson
- Samuel Johnson
♡ ✐ ♡ ✎ ♡ ✐ ♡ ✎ ♡ ✐ ♡ ✎♡ ✐ ♡ ✎ ♡ ✐ ♡ ✎ ♡ ✐ ♡ ✎ ♡ ✐ ♡ ✎ ♡ ✐ ♡ ✎ ♡ ✐ ♡ ✎ ♡ Palm stared at him, his eyes daggers of disbelief. Surely no reasonable person could force a body to work an entire, literal day without succumbing to extreme fatigue. To say that he was despicable was generous. Even a simpleton could reason that. And yet...
With a glare frigid enough to make ice seem tepid, Palm said quietly, yet tempestuously, "If villagers should ask who was at the watch, you will reply that you do not recall and that the shifts were altered due to an illness suffered among your crew. Because of this, you are unsure of the identity of the watchman.
"If the citizens should ask, then to whom should they assign blame, you are to tell them that the responsibility was mine. I will be the one that is held accountable for this calamity. This job is one of the most important roles to be carried out to ensure the safety of our people. Because of this, the position should have been better regulated. I will accept responsibility for that. Am I clear?"
"Yes, yes, I understand." the man replied, bowing with overwhelming relief. The red cat held his head lowly, as he began to tremble. Suddenly, he fell to his knees and hid his face behind one quivering hand, as tears of regret poured from his eyes.
"I'm sorry." he sobbed. "I didn't mean to be deceitful. True, that I was going to yell at Ream when I climbed the stairs, but even then, I knew that I was the one at fault. I knew this was my fault. And then, when I got to the top, I saw you kneeling there and I panicked. I'm so sorry. I should never have lied to you, but I was...I was..."
"...frightened." Palm supplied. "When one is overcome with fear, the natural response is to evade that which has frightened them. My presence frightened you and so, in order to escape from me, you tried to make me believe that the cause of this disaster was the result of the lackadaisical behavior of one of your crewmen. It is not at all surprising.
"However, now you are able not only to acknowledge your carelessness, but are also remorseful and repentant of it. Your humbleness is your saving grace. You may leave, now. I will speak to you regarding a better layout of the structure for operations, here."
With a glare frigid enough to make ice seem tepid, Palm said quietly, yet tempestuously, "If villagers should ask who was at the watch, you will reply that you do not recall and that the shifts were altered due to an illness suffered among your crew. Because of this, you are unsure of the identity of the watchman.
"If the citizens should ask, then to whom should they assign blame, you are to tell them that the responsibility was mine. I will be the one that is held accountable for this calamity. This job is one of the most important roles to be carried out to ensure the safety of our people. Because of this, the position should have been better regulated. I will accept responsibility for that. Am I clear?"
"Yes, yes, I understand." the man replied, bowing with overwhelming relief. The red cat held his head lowly, as he began to tremble. Suddenly, he fell to his knees and hid his face behind one quivering hand, as tears of regret poured from his eyes.
"I'm sorry." he sobbed. "I didn't mean to be deceitful. True, that I was going to yell at Ream when I climbed the stairs, but even then, I knew that I was the one at fault. I knew this was my fault. And then, when I got to the top, I saw you kneeling there and I panicked. I'm so sorry. I should never have lied to you, but I was...I was..."
"...frightened." Palm supplied. "When one is overcome with fear, the natural response is to evade that which has frightened them. My presence frightened you and so, in order to escape from me, you tried to make me believe that the cause of this disaster was the result of the lackadaisical behavior of one of your crewmen. It is not at all surprising.
"However, now you are able not only to acknowledge your carelessness, but are also remorseful and repentant of it. Your humbleness is your saving grace. You may leave, now. I will speak to you regarding a better layout of the structure for operations, here."
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I really am impressed with that guard.