This was the single worst thing Corbie had ever seen.
She had never seen someone being killed before. People had told her about it before. Soldier boys who needed to tell someone without then being told to stop being such a pussy about it. But she had never seen it. And she had never seen Mildmay so...
The color drained from her face, but she kept watching. But more than the blood and the screams, she was watching the boy.
Boy.
Because more than the hair, that was the difference. A boy's physique was different from a man's. Lighter. Slimmer. He had none of the coltish awkwardness one would usually expect of a teenager, but it still showed. And while she knew that voice, while she hadn't heard it go cold like that... Lady, how young was he? "Oh, Mildmay..."
Re: Corbie & Mildmay (and Kolkhis)
She had never seen someone being killed before. People had told her about it before. Soldier boys who needed to tell someone without then being told to stop being such a pussy about it. But she had never seen it. And she had never seen Mildmay so...
The color drained from her face, but she kept watching. But more than the blood and the screams, she was watching the boy.
Boy.
Because more than the hair, that was the difference. A boy's physique was different from a man's. Lighter. Slimmer. He had none of the coltish awkwardness one would usually expect of a teenager, but it still showed. And while she knew that voice, while she hadn't heard it go cold like that... Lady, how young was he? "Oh, Mildmay..."