Part 752: Owain B

Hey, Owain. Do you remember what we talked about before?

The perfect heroic entrance? Sure!

Well, I've been thinking about what you said, and it still feels wrong. You want me to wait and appear at the end, but what if someone needs me?

What if they get hurt? Or... worse?

That's the whole point! You come swooping in just before anyone gets hurt!

But what if you're too late?

Just don't let it happen. Situational analysis is a basic part of heroism.

Mmm, it's still a risk. I think I'd rather just be there from the beginning.

Yeah, but you know what? Even if the worst DOES happen, I'd still be heroic! I'd slowly walk up to the crumpled body of my comrade... I'd stoop low and gently brush their bloody and matted hair from their face... And I'd say...

Yes? Yes?

BY THE GODS, I SHALL AVENGE YOU! And then, clutching their lifeless form tight, I'd burst into flames!

You'd what?!

I become death incarnate! Friend and foe alike fall before my rampage!Driven mad by grief, I am an unstoppable engine of blood rage and destruction!

Geez, Owain! Have you gone batty?! And a hero should protect people, not go on crazy rampages!

By the time I regain my senses, it is already too late... A ravaged land stretches before me, its soil stained red with blood. I stand in silence, alone, with only the horror of my thoughts for company...

Owain? Hey, Owain! Snap out of it!