The Choice

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"You may, if you so desire, rest- you have earned it."

It was so tempting. He was so very tired sometimes. Let others take up the struggle without him.

"Or you can be one of those who leads the others in the coming Age."

But he saw in his mind's eye the people he had worked tirelessly to aid, their faces perfectly imprinted in his memory. He saw what would have ahppened if he had not been there, what had happened in other parts of the world where there was no-one like him to step forwards.

And he saw, with feelings of guilt and pain that would never fully go away, twelve figures dying in green flames.

Turning to the werewolf nearby, Mark asked, "So, when did you say this fight against the Wyrm was happening?"