Artison walked back at the night started to fall on the world; his ears low and his voice a mumble. "This is what I get for being an observer? Following the rules? I am now a dissenter with a local settlement, and my only friend from there now hates me." The world echoed in in his breath as he walked, "Dissenter, dissenter... How can just showing truth be corrupting blood and..." Artison stopped, "Filling her with lies. the things I've shown. My.. dissenting ways..." That's when he looked back in the direction of the settlement. "Where have I heard that word before... From here?" He thought a bit more and his eyes widened, "... May dissenters awaken once returned to all roots... The ritual." It wasn't a site hidden close to the settlement incidentally, it was mean to be a secret, of the settlement. Artison gasped in horror, the thought of Mira's fate sinking in, clearer and clearer. He ran back, instantly, praying under his breath for the worst not to happen.
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Part 19

Title: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/26765572/

Part 18: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/28501348/

Part 20: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/28660211/

Artison, art, story, and Loretta © ME

Mira, Morokai, and the entire Shimashabi species © TheFuzzies ( https://fairyfox12.deviantart.com/ )