Standing in front of Tommy is a mighty bird. Its feathers have become glossy under the blazing moonlight at Moonblast Cove. Its beak is as yellow as the glowing sunflowers in the beam of sunlight. A rush of wind is stirred when the creature flaps its inky wings.
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“Give a bow to his majesty, the king, you boorish viper,” one of King George’s guards commands, followed by a strike right into Tommy’s head.
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Tommy bows as the guard requests.
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“Your majesty, I am sorry for everything I have done. I know that it is bumptious to seek forgiveness from you. I’ll take full responsibility for the case. Yet, I hope a judicious king like you would know how to distinguish between rumors and facts.”
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“Boomer, so now you are judging my decision. Am I right?”
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“Your majesty, perhaps there’s a little bit of misunderstanding between you and I. What I am trying to bring up is that you…”
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“I’m so done with it. Why do all the unfortunate things have to occur at once? Why are you still equivocating when it is as clear as day that the blame lies completely on you? Promoting you to the five-star general, put simple, is the biggest regret in my life”
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“Your majesty, I would like to clarify that I didn’t abandon Diana on the day you sent me on the rescue mission. Jasmine the Great White Shark was there with her gang, encircling her when I spotted Diana scuffling in water.”
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“Whatever excuses you made up won’t turn my beloved daughter up. Boomer, I bet you know the reason for me to choose you over all those elite soldiers there to bail Diana, don’t you? Yet, all the faith I had in you for centuries is now down the drain. It is of my conviction that keeping you within the Cursed Kingdom is a threat to all habitants now,” King George announces.
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Tommy bursts into tears, wailing in front of King George. He has never been this desperate since the last 500 years. Never has he ever imagined that he would cry his eyes out in front of anyone.
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“Do you know how…har…hard I endeavor that day when you sent me to rescue Diana? The rippling waves were ruthlessly tossing us, as if they were deriding my impotence. Despite the thorny sitch, I still top Diana’s life above me. Yet, we encountered the double whammy. Jasmine and her gang were tagging along us so I could only place her on a sea stack and head back alone for assistance. Then I was out of consciousness and…” Tommy holds his tongue.
“And what?”
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“And I met my sworn buddy, but now he has also passed away. It was first Diana who left me, and now it was him. What on earth is the reason that every one of my friends is doomed to die before I do?” Tommy sobs, “It’s really lonely here. If I had known things would end up in this way, then I wish we would have never met.”
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“Heard what your so-called best pal said?”
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King George seems speaking to the air, but if you look at the direction that he is staring at, you’ll know that the leaves and branches are just the façade, and something is yet to be unveiled.
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Tommy looks up. Apart from the expanse trees that are within his sight, he squints and a rope turns up. It is Isaac being binded, and his ankles are fettered by a tarnished chain. Like the insects clinging on the web, the tussle and struggle he makes are nothing more than futile work.
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They leer at each other and the entire ambience goes awkward. Tommy bites his tongue and so does Isaac.
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