Collection: Sage Eyes
The main series of Sage Eyes, the story of Simon and Tiffani.
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.
Tiffani: ARE YOU REALLY CONSIDERING DOING THIS?
Simon: I THINK I JUST MIGHT. YOU CONVINCED ME.
Tiffani: YOU'RE INSUFFERABLE.
Simon: SO, HOW DO I START?
Tiffani: WAIT! I AM NOT TAKING PART IN THIS! AND I WAS THINKING, WE COULD VISIT SOME OTHER NOBLES, THE GREINS. THEY MIGHT HELP ME.
Simon: JUST LIKE TACOBA?
Tiffani: WELL, I'M SORRY I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER IDEAS ON WHAT TO DO. WHAT ARE WE EVEN DOING HERE, WAITING FOR SOME ARRESTED THIEVES TO SHOW UP?
Simon: THEY WEREN'T ARRESTED! THEY MUST HAVE ESCAPED AND ARE LAYING LOW. I JUST WISH I KNEW HOW ANYONE FOUND THIS PLACE.
Shiara: DO YOU SPEAK OF SNAKE EYES? THEY WERE ARRESTED. EARLY MORNING, YESTERDAY, ACCORDING TO TACOBA. FOR INVOLVEMENT IN THE DEATH OF THE KING AND QUEEN.
Simon: WHAT!? NO! HOW?
Tiffani: DOES THAT MEAN I'M NO LONGER SUSPECT?
Shiara: OH, YOU ARE. THEY THINK YOU CONSPIRED WITH SNAKE EYES.
Simon: SO, YOU CAME HERE TO TRAIN THE LIGHT THIEF IN MAGIC?
Shiara: YOU SAY YOU DON'T KNOW MAGIC, BUT YOU ARE OBVIOUSLY INFUSED. SO, FOR YOUR OWN GOOD, I WANT TO TEACH YOU HOW TO USE IT.
Simon: ME, LEARN MAGIC?
Tiffani: HOW CAN YOU CONSIDER THIS? IT'S BLASPHEMY!
Shiara: THEN AM I A BLASPHEMER?
Tiffani: HUH?
Shiara: I USE THAT WHICH HUMANS CALL MAGIC. IS THAT BLASPHEMY?
Tiffani: NO, FAELYN ARE EXEMPT FROM THAT RULE.
Shiara: WHY?
Tiffani: SOMETHING ABOUT HOW YOU FAELYN ARE IN TUNE WITH NATURE AND DON'T CONTRIBUTE TO THE CHAOS ENERGY OF THE RIFT.
Shiara: THEN WHY DO HUMAN JUDGES USE MAGIC?
Tiffani: ONLY IN LIMITED WAYS, MORE FOCUSED ON FINDING AND STOPPING THOSE EVIL PEOPLE WHO WOULD USE MAGIC FOR THEMSELVES.
Simon: OH, SO IF I LEARN MAGIC, I'M EVIL?
Tiffani: WHY WOULD YOU EVEN NEED TO LEARN MAGIC?
Shiara: HE'S ABSORBING CRYSTAL LIGHT WITHOUT REALIZING IT. THAT'S NOT HEALTHY. IT WILL DAMAGE HIS CRYSTAL HEART.
Simon: BESIDES, I'M ALREADY AN EVIL THIEF. SO WHAT DOES IT MATTER IF I USE MAGIC?
THE RIFT HAS BEEN GROWING FOR CENTURIES AND HASN'T DONE ANYTHING EXCEPT GIVING US HEADACHES DURING THE OCCASIONAL ECLIPSE.
