Collection: Sage Eyes
The main series of Sage Eyes, the story of Simon and Tiffani.
Guard: LADY ISABEL? WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
Isabel: I NEED TO SEE SOMEONE HERE IN THE PRISON.
Guard: YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT OFTEN WE GET VISITORS DOWN HERE. NOT THAT I BLAME PEOPLE, BUT IT'S KIND OF NICE TO SEE A FRIENDLY FACE. HERE THEY ARE.
Tenci: WHAT DO YOU WANT?
Isabel: YOU'RE ONE OF SIMON'S FRIENDS, RIGHT?
Tenci: AH, THE GIRLFRIEND. COME TO ASK HOW HE DIED?
Isabel: HE'S NOT DEAD! I SAW HIM... WITH THE PRINCESS.
Tenci: SIMON SURVIVED? AND ESCAPED? HOW?
Isabel: THAT'S WHAT I CAME HERE TO FIND OUT. DON'T YOU KNOW? YOU WERE THERE.
AND WHY IS HE WITH TIFFANI?
Tenci: WHY INDEED? DID HE PLAN THE WHOLE THING WITH HER? BETRAY US BOTH?
Isabel: NO, I DON'T BELIEVE YOU, THIEF.
Tenci: FACE IT, HE WAS JUST USING YOU.
Isabel: I'LL FIND HIM AND PROVE YOU WRONG.
Tenci: BRING HIM HERE, THEN, M'LADY. HE'S GOT SOME EXPLAINING TO DO.
Woman: WHEN WILL WE BE BE ABLE TO WEAR COLOR AGAIN?
Woman:WHEN WE HAVE A NEW KING, OBVIOUSLY.
Woman: DO YOU THINK THAT WILL BE YOUR BROTHER, ISABEL?
Woman: HAVEN'T YOU HEARD? TIFFANI IS ACCUSED OF MURDER AND SHE RAN AWAY. DO YOU THINK THAT MAKES HER GUILTY?
Isabel: I DON'T THINK SO. NOR DO I THINK SHE WANTS MY BROTHER AFTER WHAT HAPPENED.
Woman: YOU! SERVING GIRL.YOU'VE SERVED THE PRINCESS BEFORE. WHAT WAS SHE LIKE BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. COULD SHE MURDER HER PARENTS?
Servant: WELL, SHE WAS NICE BUT KIND OF DISTANT. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT SHE WAS THINKING.
Woman: SHE WAS ALWAYS AN ODD ONE. BUT IF SHE PROVES TO BE INNOCENT, SHE CAN CHOOSE THE NEXT KING.
Woman: THAT'S A LOT OF POWER FOR ONE LITTLE GIRL TO HAVE. KIND OF PUTS THE SUSPICION ON HER.
Woman: SHE CAN'T CHOOSE IF SHE CAN'T PROVE HER INNOCENCE.
Woman: WITHOUT ANY EVIDENCE, SHE'S PROBABLY BEEN FORCED TO SELL HER BODY TO STAY ALIVE.
Woman: IF THAT'S THE CASE, I BET LORD GREIN WILL BE THE ONE TO FIND HER.
Woman: HEE HEE HEE! YOU'RE SO SCANDALOUS!
Woman: ISABEL, DEAR, SHE WAS YOUR FRIEND, RIGHT? DO YOU KNOW WHO COULD HAVE HELPED FREE HER?
Isabel: I HAVE TO GO.
Woman: HI THERE, FAELYS. DON'T SEE YOUR KIND OFTEN. WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
Mero: WE'RE BEiNG THIEVES. LOOK WHAT I STOLE. YOU CAN HAVE IT.
Simon: LET'S GO.
Guard: HEY, YOU! THAT'S FARLON'S!
Woman: BUT... THE FAELYS TOOK IT.
Guard: WHAT? FAELYN HAVE NO NEED FOR SUCH THINGS. THIS IS THE LAST OFFENSE. YOU'RE OUT!
Farlon: AS IMPRESSIVE AS YOU ARE, BOY, THERE IS ONE PROBLEM. WE'RE IN LIMBO AT THE MOMENT. NO ONE HAS ANY IDEA WHAT STANCE THE NEW KING WILL TAKE ON THE CRYSTALS. THE CANDIDATES RUN A WIDE GAMUT. SOMEONE LIKE KORIGON MIGHT BAN THEM COMPLETELY. THEN YOUR POWERS WOULD BE USELESS.
Simon: DON'T TAKE ME FOR A FOOL. EVEN KORIGON'S BAN WOULDN'T STOP PEOPLE FROM USING THEM, NOT NOW. MIGHT AS WELL TRY TO BAN ALCOHOL.
Farlon: BE THAT AS IT MAY, COME BACK IN A FEW DAYS, AFTER THE ANNOUNCEMENT, WHEN I'LL HAVE A CLEARER PICTURE WHERE YOU MIGHT FIT WITHIN MY BUSINESS. AND IF YOU DO HAPPEN TO FIND THE PRINCESS AGAIN, BRING HER HERE.
Farlon: IT'S YOU, THE LIGHT THIEF! I'D HEARD CONFLICTING REPORTS ON WHETHER YOU WERE DEAD CAPTURED, OR WITH THE FUGITIVE PRINCESS.
Simon: TACOBA GOT TO YOU, HUH? SORRY TO DISAPPOINT, FARLON, BUT SHE LEFT ME. STILL, I THINK I CAN BE OF VALUE TO YOU.
Farlon: IS THAT SO? HOW, EXACTLY? SNAKE EYES IS GONE. I HEAR OLD CENO GOT GREEDY. CARE TO SPARE DETAILS FROM A FIRST HAND ACCOUNT?
Simon: THAT INFORMATION IS CONFIDENTIAL. BUT AS YOU SAY, SNAKE EYES IS GONE. I'M NOT. I SURVIVED. I ESCAPED. THEY DIDN'T VALUE ME. BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO MAKE THAT MISTAKE.
THE LIGHT THIEF CAN BE SO MUCH MORE THAN THE MAGIC TRICK THEY SET ME UP AS. THE MORE USES FOUND FOR CRYSTALS, THE MORE WAYS FOR THEM TO GO WRONG.
Simon: SO, IF YOU'LL EXCUSE ME...
Mero: WAIT, I NEED TO SAVE HER. WHERE IS SHE?
Simon: NOT WITH ME, OBVIOUSLY.
Mero: BUT YOU KNOW WHERE SHE IS. YOU WERE WITH HER YESTERDAY. DON'T LIE TO ME, LIKE YOU DID WHEN YOU SAID YOU SOLD HER.
Simon: LEAVE ME ALONE, FAELYS.
Mero: NO, I'M FOLLOWING YOU UNTIL I FIND HER. I'M HER BODYGUARD.
Simon: NO. LEAVE.
Mero: YOU CAN'T STOP ME.
Simon: YOU KNOW WHAT? FINE, FOLLOW. BUT YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GETTING INTO.
Simon: MERO. THAT'S YOUR NAME, RIGHT? COME OUT HERE AND TALK.
Mero: I SAW YOU. YESTERDAY. EVEN THOUGH YOU CHANGED YOUR CLOTHES. I JUST DIDN'T REALIZE IT AT THE TIME. I HAD SPENT TOO MUCH TIME WITH THE METAL ARMORED GUARD. I WAS FEELING SICK FROM SMELLING HIM. TODAY I'M NOT WITH HIM.
Simon: THEY DON'T WANT YOU HELPING ANYMORE?
Mero: NO. BUT I'M STILL LOOKING FOR THE PRINCESS. I'M HER BODYGUARD.
Simon: WHY? DO YOU KNOW WHAT THEY WANT TO DO TO HER?
Mero: WHAT?
Simon: THEY WANT TO PUT HER BACK IN JAIL, MAYBE EXECUTE HER.
Mero: WHY!?
WHERE'S YOUR FAMILY?
Knock!
Bang
SIMON, WHY ARE YOU SO DIFFERENT?
YOU'RE ALONE, ALWAYS WERE.
COME FACE ME... STOP RUNNING
Tiffani: SIMON, WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO GO? DO YOU REALLY...
NOT REMEMBER YOUR FAMILY?
Simon: SO SAD, RIGHT?
WELL, I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT.
Tiffani: I'M NOT JUDGING. IT JUST HELPS...
EXPLAIN HOW YOU ENDED UP WITH THE THIEVES.
Simon: REALLY, YOU THINK? A YOUTH WITH NO FAMILY, JOINING THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO WOULD TAKE HIM IN, NO MATTER HOW DESPICABLE THEY ARE? WHAT A NOVEL STORY. IT WASN'T QUITE SO SIMPLE, THOUGH.
Tiffani: AS A YOUTH? WHAT DID YOU DO BEFORE, AS A BOY? HOW DID YOU SURVIVE?
Simon: TOO MANY QUESTIONS. JUST...
GO WITH SHIARA AND FIND A JOB, IF YOU DON'T WANT TO EAT STOLEN FOOD. I HAVE THINGS TO TAKE CARE OF AND WILL BE BACK TONIGHT.
Tiffani: SIMON...
Shiara: HERE ARE CLOAKS SIMON MENTIONED.
Tiffani: CAN I EVEN TRUST HER? SIMON, WHY DID YOU ABANDON ME?
Tiffani: I'M HUNGRY. SO DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT I COULD DO FOR A JOB?
Shiara: THAT DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU'RE GOOD AT. ACCOUNTING, ARTS, FASHION DESIGN? YOU PROBABLY WANT TO ESCAPE MANUAL LABOR, RIGHT?
Tiffani: I DON'T KNOW. MY TUTORS SAID I HAD A GOOD MIND FOR ACCOUNTING.
Shiara: LET'S TRY THAT.
Simon: I'M THE LAST OF SNAKE EYES? ALL ALONE?
Tiffani: YOU, ALL ALONE? AT LEAST YOU DON'T HAVE A TRAITOROUS FAMILY.
Simon: I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER MY FAMILY.
Shiara: SO WHAT WILL YOU DO NOW? HUMANS HAVE TO EAT EVERYDAY, RIGHT? AND YOU NEED MONEY FOR THAT? WHICH YOU DON'T HAVE.
Tiffani: YOU DON'T HAVE MONEY?
Simon: LOOK AROUND EVERYTHING WAS TAKEN.
Tiffani: HOW DID YOU BUY THE EGGS?
Simon: GUESS.
Tiffani: YOU STOLE THEM?!
Simon: SO? I'M A THIEF. AND SINCE NONE OF THIS IS EDIBLE, I'M GOING TO GO STEAL SOMETHING WORTH EATING.
Tiffani: WE NEED TO PAY FOR FOOD, NOT STEAL IT.
Simon: WITH WHAT MONEY? ARE YOU GOING TO WORK?
Tiffani: THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I'LL DO. UNTIL I CAN FIGURE OUT THE SITUATION AMONG THE NOBILITY AND IF IT'S SAFE TO RETURN. MAYBE YOU SHOULD FIND A JOB AS WELL. IF YOU CAN.
Simon: MAYBE I WILL. IT LOOKED LIKE IT MIGHT RAIN TODAY, THERE ARE STILL SOME RAGGED CLOAKS YOU CAN USE. YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME BACK HERE IF YOU DON'T FIND ANYWHERE ELSE.
Tiffani: SIMON, WAIT! YOU'RE JUST GOING TO LEAVE? I THOUGHT WE WOULD... DON'T YOU WANT TO LEARN MAGIC?
Simon: I WANT TO BE ALONE.
