Paragaea by Chris Roberson

Author:Chris Roberson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: 2013-07-19T04:00:00+00:00

Leena, Balam, and Benu sat in stunned silence, regarding their weeping companion. Hieronymus, his shoulders hunched, collapsed onto the shelf at the far corner of the cell and leaned to one side, resting his head on the ironwood bars.

“Hero, I…” Balam left off, unsure how to continue.

“I'm not sure I understand,” Benu said, filling up the silence. “I take it the charge is a valid one, and that you feel some remorse over the incident. Which would be understandable, if I'd not seen you on previous occasions end another being's life without suffering the slightest effects. Those two in the canteen on the river Pison, for example. Did you shed a tear over them?”

“They deserved what came to them,” Hieronymus said in a ragged voice, “as do any who raise their hands in violence. I've killed many others in my days, and none that didn't deserve killing, in one form or fashion. You could argue that, when my number is up and someone gets the better of me, I'll deserve it just as much, considering how many I've sent to their graves. But this one of whose murder I stand convicted deserved no such thing. It was no righteous killing, but murder, pure and simple. And for my sins, the blood is on my hands still.”

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