Dirge for a Dream page 15 by TurnToRust, literature
Literature
Dirge for a Dream page 15
“As I said earlier, I know what it is to be apart from the norm. You’d think this little trinket would solve that. You’d think it would buy me thousands of friends, but it hasn’t. If anything, it’s set me even further apart from people. Back home, we have a story about a man sent from Heaven to save the world from itself through a message of peace and love. For his troubles, he was arrested and killed by being nailed alive to a wooden framework. He was deemed too different to live. People didn’t listen to his message. All they cared about was he was different.” Wen Qing walked and thought. “This is why you come here,” she mused. “To be among your fellow outcasts.” “The doctor’s diagnosis is accurate.” Wen Qing continued on her way with her hands clasped before her and her attention focused straight ahead. If she had anything more to say, she kept it to herself. The small band reached Demon Subdue Palace without interruption.