The market was crowded with people from the worship service doing their shopping for the day. Eli and Reuels arms were loaded with treats as they walked past the stalls of vendors.
Eli had a pout pressed over his lips.
"You were supposed to let me pay.."
Reuel laughed and shook his head "I never said I was going to let you pay."
The two moved through the crowd of people with ease.
Everyone always kept a distance from Eli. They tried to not make it obvious, but Eli would have been stupid not to. He assumed they didn't want to be touched by the "Devils whores spawn".
But it made it easier for the two to move around so he guessed he didn't mind.
The found a spot to sit down and began to go through things as they chatted.
Eli was curious about what Reuel had experienced over the past couple of years. He had always wanted to travel and learn about new things and visit new places, he couldn't understand why he would come back to this town.
Reuel shrugged when Eli asked him about his return.
"It was just time for me to come home. Besides, I was worried about my little friend the entire time."
Eli smacked Reuels arm and protested. "I'm not that small!" They both laughed.
Reuel suddenly stopped laughing and turned serious.
"How have you been, Eli? Did people keep their hands off of you?"
Eli felt like Reuel was looking right through him, his own hand unconsciously brushing his right shoulder.
"There.. Was a couple times.. But father always helped me out." he mumbled and looked away. "I've been sick most of the time so there hasn't been anymore problems in a while."
"Mm.."
After a moment of silence Reuel spoke again.
"What about your illness? It hasn't progressed has it?"
Eli shook his head.
"No, thankfully it's been the same. Just a little more frequent."
Reuels expression changed. It looked strange.
"I see. That’s good."
Both of their heads turned towards the crowd as they heard a sudden commotion.
"You're all worshipping a god who has abandoned you! The angels have visited! A new god will lead us to a better future! Praise be Mettatron!"
The crowd started to gather around whoever was yelling, mixing voices of protesting began to rise up, trying to drown out the man yelling.
"Leave your broken churches! Stop your worship of a god who has abandoned you! Mettatron has promised to lead humanity into a blessed world of peace and prosperity! He will protect you from the corrupted hell and demons and --"
Reuel got up and grabbed Eli's arm, pulling him along.
"They've made it here.. We need to leave."
Reuels eyes were dark, his eyes locked on the area where people had gathered around the yelling man.
As Reuel dragged Eli back towards the orphanage, Eli accidentally bumped into a tall black cloaked man standing towards the end of the crowd. The man quickly moved away from his touch, his head turning down slightly to stare at him. Two red eyes bore into him, a look that made a shiver run through Elis body. Reuel continued to pull Eli quickly, leaving the tall man with those piecing red eyes and crowd surrounding the screaming person far behind them.
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