Chapter 24: Halfway There

It was freezing out, if I was not going to lie to my self, as I did in fact start to regret the way that I was feeling when ever it was that we had been at Lorgans place, as I knew that at least at had been warm in there. Now this was even worse than both, as at least I had a pillow and a blanket to lay on, as now I had neither. It had just seemed to get worse and worse for me over the last few months, as to just where it was that I had been sleeping.

Though, if I was not going to lie to my self either, I was kind of getting used to it at this point, as it really did not bother me at all any more. I had still managed to get some decent sleep, besides the first few days, do to the fact that I was so tired by the time it even came to that time for me to fall asleep, all at the exact same time as well, so I rarely did wake up in the night, and I rarely rolled around in my sleep at the exact same time too.

It still did not mean that it was comfortable for me though, and it still did not mean that I did not wake up and feel nice and refreshed every day, as I knew that I still woke up, and that I still felt worn out as all hell none the less, all at the exact same time too. It just so happened that it seemed to be getting colder and colder the more that we went, every single day, as I really did wish that I had more of the human clothes with me.

Sadly I had decided to toss them out, due to the fact that they were getting nasty, and they were getting disgusting, as it was far too nasty for even me to be wearing at this point, as I felt like I would rather wear the orc clothing over the human clothing. I was not going to lie to my self, as nice as the human clothing was, for just the feel on your body, and how it looked, I knew that the orc clothing lasted a fair bit longer than the human clothing seemed to last.

I knew that it was all besides the point how ever, as I was not all too sure as to just why it was that I had my mind, and I had my focus on the clothes that I was wearing right at this very moment in time any ways. I knew that today had not been as hard of a day for us as the last few ones had, as I knew that we had got a very late start to our day, all at the exact same time as well, never the less.

I now did not feel all too worn out, as I was now starting to realize as to just how hard it even was for me to be able to fall asleep in the first place, all at the exact same time as well, as I knew that I had quite a bit of some much needed good and extra long sleep, just the day before, all at the exact same time too, none the less. I blinked my eyes a few times, as I then got my mind off of those thoughts as well, how ever, as I knew that if I did not get some sleep right now, than it would mean that I would get back in to the same process as I had been before, which was of course the fact that I knew that I was going to be worn out.

I blinked my eyes a few times, as I then all of the sudden shook my head, all at the exact same time too, as I did my best to try to relax my self, and try to calm my self down, all at once, as I knew that fairly soon from now, I was going to have to wake up again, and I did not want to be worn out another day. I closed my eyes, and I rolled around, trying to find at least a semi bit of a comfortable spot for me to lay on, and try to fall asleep at, all at the exact same time too.

As I began to move around, and I began to roll around, I then finally got my self in a bit of a some what comfortable spot, if you wanted to call it that. It was at least a spot that I knew would be good enough for me to fall asleep. As I kept my eyes closed, I then let my mind free, as I was not all too sure as to just how much longer it was that it took me to fall asleep after I had done as such a thing, but I did in fact know that at some point in that process, I did in fact fall asleep.

I woke up, and I saw that I was not in the same place that I had slept at, at all, as I was quite a bit worried as to the fact that I might have slept walked, and that I might have walked away from the place that I had fallen asleep at, as I knew that it was a very good possibility right now, none the less, as I knew that it was quite a bit common for me to do such a thing as that. I began to start to look around, to make sure that I was not too far away, but as I did in fact look around, it just seemed like it was too blurry for me to see any thing at all.

I blinked my eyes a few times, as that still did not seem like it was going to be able to work, as I felt like there was some thing else that I could do instead to get my eyes focused on just where it was that I was at right now, which was of course the fact that I closed my eyes for just a few moments. I breathed in a bit to my self, as I smelt quite a bit of a nice scent if I was not going to lie to my self, which seemed to be a little bit strange for these orc lands.

As I then all of the sudden opened my eyes once again, I then noticed that just as I had thought, I was not in fact in the place that I had fallen asleep at in the very first place any ways. It did not take me all too long to realize that, as it was for many different reasons. I knew that I must have walked for ever the night before, as I was not near any trees at all right now, like we had been at, the night before now.

Not only that, but I began to start to realize, all at once, that there was a lot of noise going on all around me, right at this very moment in time, as it was clear that there were other people that were with me right now as well. I was a little bit worried at first, as I then began to start to turn my head around, as I saw that we were in an orc city, like we had been a few of the days that we had gone out to get some food.

This one was a lot different than the most of them were though, as I saw that the buildings were a lot nicer, and also the fact that the people that I saw that were around me right now, were in fact wearing a lot nicer things, all at the exact same time as well. I blinked my eyes a few times, as I was not all too sure as to just what it was that was going on right at this very moment in time, in the very first place any ways.

Had we got found by the orc king, and had we been taken in? My mother had told me that the orc kings city was quite a beautiful place, but she had told me to not let it fool me, as she had said that it was full of 'dirty people'. I was not all too sure as to just what it was that she had meant by that at all how ever, as it seemed like all of the orcs that I had met, were dirty people.

I shook off all of those thoughts all at once how ever, as I heard some noise from right beside me, all at the exact same time as well, which all of the sudden seemed to get my attention on to it, and on to just what it was that was even going on right now, in the very first place any ways, as I then all of the sudden turned my head over to where the noise was coming from, once again, none the less.

I then all of the sudden noticed that I was at the front door of a home right now, and I saw that the front door was opening as well, as I was a little bit surprised, but also a little bit lost by it, as I stared at the front of the door, as I saw that it was slowly beginning to open, all at the exact same time too. As the door opened, I saw that very much to my surprise, that it was Lorgan who was at the front door.

Now I really was starting to get a little bit worried, as to the fact that I knew that we were not at all at Lorgan's place at all right at this very moment in time, as I had remembered that his place was a nasty place. It got me on to the thoughts, and also the subject that my mind had been at before, which was of course the fact that I had been a little bit worried that we had been caught by the orc king.

It sure as hell seemed like we had got set up in to a trap, as I was not all too sure as to just how it was that I had got here if I was not going to lie to my self, all at the exact same time too, as I knew that I did not remember waking up, and being attacked, though I felt like I could have been knocked unconscious before it was that I had even woken my self up in to a conscious state, all at the exact same time as well, never the less, as it all just felt like it was quite a bit crazy to me.

Though as I looked around me once again how ever, I noticed that I did not see any orc soldiers around me, as I was not all too sure to just what it was that was going on right at this very moment in time, if I was not going to lie to my self, as this all seemed to feel quite a bit crazy to me, as none of this seemed to be real at all to me either. Perhaps it was not real, as I knew that there had been a lot of stuff that I had seen as of late that I had thought was real, but was not.

The face of Lorgan was in fact real how ever, as I then all of the sudden turned my head over to him, all at once, as I looked at him right in to his face, as he seemed to have a big smile on his face, all at once. At first I was a little bit scared for the smile, as I wondered if he had been a part of the trap, but I noticed that the smile that he had on his face was not an evil smile at all, nor did it seem to have any sort of dark intent on his face at all either.

I looked at his face for a few more moments, as I was a little bit confused about his face, as I knew that some thing was not right at all on his face at all, though I felt like I just could not figure out as to just what it was that was in fact wrong with it. As I stared at him for a few moments, I then all of the sudden saw him nod, and as soon as I had seen him nod, that is when I noticed what was wrong with his face, all at once.

The scars that he had all over him, were now all of the sudden gone, all at the exact same time too, as I knew that when I had last seen him never the less, he had a lot of scars on his face, but not just that, as I remembered that the last time I had seen him too, I also did in fact remember him looking a lot younger than it seemed like he was looking right at this very moment in time as well, than it had been the last time I had seen him.

I tried to think on it for a little bit longer, which seemed to be a little bit hard for 2 different reasons, as one of those reasons was the fact that I knew that I was stupid, and that I knew that I was quite a bit of the idiot, none the less. The other reason that I felt like I could not think on what it was that was wrong, was the fact that some thing did in fact seem to be a little bit wrong with my mind, and my thoughts right now, as I was not all too sure as to just what it was that it could be.

I just seemed to sit there for a little while longer, until the smile then all of the sudden seemed to go away from the face of Lorgan, as he seemed to dip his head a little bit low to the ground, as he then began to start to speak up all at the exact same time as well. Based off of the tone of his voice too, it seemed like he had a different accent, and also the fact that I knew that he was not speaking to me at all right now.

Who was it that he was speaking to right at this very moment in time then? I was not all too sure, as I was starting to wonder if this was not Lorgan at all, but it was some one altogether completely different than him, than just seemed to be a little bit similar looking. I shook off all of those thoughts, all at the exact same time too how ever, as I got my mind off of all of that, and I got my mind on the fact that he was in fact speaking right at this very moment in time any ways, as I did in fact begin to start to listen as to just what it was that he had to say in the very first place any ways.

"Libsy! Its so good to see you again! Why have you brought a baby with you, I didn't know you were pregnant, but then again, it has been a while..." He said to the person that I was standing right beside apparently right now, that I could not see at all, as I tried to turn my head over to it, as I knew that it was supposed to be my mother, based off of the fact that I had just heard him say her name, but I sadly could not turn my head over in the direction that he was looking right now.

I was not all too sure as to just why it was that it was in fact the case, though based off of the fact as to just what it was that the orc had said, I did in fact assume that the orc was in fact Lorgan, though it seemed like he had some how all of the sudden managed to get a lot younger. Also the fact that my mother was with me right now apparently, seemed to prove that it was the case as well, all at once, never the less.

Though I could not see my mother to prove that it was the case, I also knew that no one else had her name at all, all at the exact same time too, as I then all of the sudden shook my head, doing my best to shake off all of those thoughts from my head all at once. What I was more surprised with, and also the fact that I was more concerned with, was the fact that Lorgan had said that he had not seen her in for ever, even though we had seen him a few weeks before now.

Also the fact that he had said that my mother was pregnant none the less, as that did not seem to make all too much sense to me either, as I was fairly certain that she had not been pregnant, either. Unless some how orcs when they were pregnant, did not have their bellies grow big, and apparently orcs also were able to reproduce insanely fast, all at the exact same time too. It just did not seem to make all too much sense at all to me, as to just what it was that was going on right now, right at this very moment in time.

I breathed in quite a bit to my self, as I was not all too sure about any of this, as it all seemed to feel quite a bit strange to me, as I was starting to think that my mother might have actually been trying to get me in to a trap all of this time, all at the exact same time too, as I blinked my eyes a few times. Maybe that was why it was that I felt so strange, and why it was that I did not remember as to just how it was that had happened up to this point, and how it was that I had got here in the very first place any ways. For all that I knew, she could have drugged me with some thing that she put in my drink.

I really did not want to think that way about her again, as I really felt like she had been gaining my trust over the last few weeks that we had been together, and that we had gone on this journey, but at the exact same time too, I kind of felt like it was a bit hard, due to the fact of all that was going on right at this very moment in time, as that was what it was that just did not seem to make sense to me, as it just did not seem to be some thing my small brain could seem to comprehend.

I sighed a bit to my self once again, as I was not all too sure as to just what else it was that I should do right now. I was clearly a bit woozy, as for all that I knew, that could be due to the fact of the drugs that I was on, as for all that I knew, I could be seeing things. But could I really be seeing such a nice house that Lorgan was living at right now? I was not all too sure if I knew the answer to that question, as a lot of this was scaring me quite a bit, if I was going to be for real, and I was going to be completely, and perfectly honest with my self none the less.

I did my best to just try to stay calm, and I tried my best to keep it cool, as I just seemed to stare at Lorgan for just a little bit longer, though it did not seem like his eyes were on me at all right now, as it seemed to be quite a bit clear to me right now, that his eyes were on my mother. As much as she did not want to believe it, and as much as I was sure she wanted to deny it, it was clear to me that Lorgan was in love with my mother.

I felt a bit bad for him, as it was clear that my mother did not feel the same way back to him how ever. I could tell that Lorgan was a good orc, and very much to my surprise, as it had seemed to be my entire life, how all of the humans had told me, that all of the orcs were disgusting, ruthless, and that they were all killers, that just did not seem to be the case at all, from just what it was that I had clearly seen so far from all of the orcs.

While, a lot of them might be disgusting to me, they really did not seem to be as evil as I had been told that they were, as it made me feel even more sick now, knowing that I had to witness the fact that I had watched an entire orc village get mauled in front of my eyes, and I had not thought twice about it, as I was sure that there were plenty of innocent children that were in side, that did not have a single clue as to just what it was that had been going on.

I breathed in quite a bit to my self, all at once, as I then got my mind, and I got my focus off of all of those thoughts, all at once, as I did my best to try to get my focus instead on the fact that I now all of the sudden, finally, heard the voice of my mother, as she then began to start to speak back up to Lorgan, as it seemed to soothe me, just as to the fact that I heard the voice of my mother, as I was scared, and I was not all too sure as to just what it was that had been going on before now.

I blinked my eyes a few times, once again, as I did my best to try to turn my head to her, but I once again failed to be able to do as such a thing, as it seemed like I was stuck with what ever it was that was going on right at this very moment in time, and where ever it was that I was even stuck at right now, as well. I kind of just gave up on it all, as I just then began to start to listen as to just what it was that my mother even had to say to in the very first place any ways, none the less.

"Yes... I'm sorry Lorgan... I will tell you all about it, I just need a place to refuge for the night... I also have to warn you, that if you let me in, you will not be able to live here any more, so you better make your decision now..." She said back to Lorgan, as she was clearly explaining as to just what it was that was going on right now, and just what it was that she was doing to him as well, though I still could not figure out what was going on right now, for the life of me none the less.

I breathed in quite a bit heavily to my self, all at once, which did not seem to feel all too heavy to me, if I was not going to lie to my self, as I did in fact, I again, get my mind, and my focus off of all of those thoughts, as I got my focus on some thing different than that instead, which was the fact that I got my eyes back on to Lorgan, as I saw that he was moving around just a bit all of the sudden.

The fact that he was such a big orc, just scared me to even move, as it felt like if he was to even get near me, much less fall on me, it could easily crush my skull, as I shivered a bit at the thought of all of that, all at once, too. I did my best to try not to think on that, as I knew that as far as I had seen, and as much as I had learned from Lorgan so far, was that, as big as the orc was, he was not as scary and dangerous as you might think he was.

That was not saying that it was due to the fact that he was just all fake. It was simply due to the fact that he was actually a nice and sweet orc, which felt a bit strange for me to say that about any orc none the less, as I had been told as to just how it was that they all were my entire life, as it kind of made me feel a bit weird to be saying any thing good at all about an orc. I blinked my eyes a few times, as I once again got my focus off of all of that, just as I had done last time.

I got my focus on the fact that I had in fact of course, seen Lorgan moving, though as I looked over at him, I did in fact notice that he was not moving in towards me or my mother at all, as he was doing the opposite of all of that, as I saw that he was moving backwards, as it was clear that he was trying to let us know, and that he was trying to let us in to his new, and very nice home that he all of the sudden lived in now, all at the exact same time as well.

It was clear that he had heard what it was that my mother had said to him, as it was clear to me that my mother and I were in danger right now, all at the exact same time too, as it was also clear to me, none the less, that Lorgan was so in love with my mother, that he did not care as to the fact that he was going to lose his home. It just did not make all too much sense to me, as to just why it was that he wanted to lose his home, when he had just got such a new and nice home compared to his last one, none the less.

I was not all too sure, as it was all quite a bit strange to me, if I was going to be for real with my self, too, as I got my mind, and I got my focus off of those thoughts as well, as I got my focus on the thoughts instead, which of course had to do with the fact that I knew that some thing was going on right now that was quite a bit strange. I looked at Lorgan, as I saw that he had quite a bit of a blank look on his face, as I knew that really did not tell me all too much, all at the exact same time as well, as I got my mind, and I got my focus off of all of those thoughts, all at once.

I got my focus instead, on the fact that I now all of the sudden realized that me and my mother were moving, almost as if she was carrying me, which did not seem to make all too much sense to me either, as to just how it was that it was the case, in the very first place any ways, as I knew that I was far too big of an orc for my mother to be able to move, none the less, as I was quite a bit worried as to just what it was that could be going on with me.

As we began to start to move in to the place that Lorgan now lived in, I saw that Lorgan headed past us, as it was clear that he was going over to the door, as it was clear that he was trying to close it, all at the exact same time too, as it was clear that he did not want to get caught just yet, after what it was that my mother had even said to him in the very first place any ways. I was still a little bit lost by that, none the less, if I was going to be for real with my self, as I still did not have a single clue as to just what it was that was even going on right at this very moment in time, in the very first place any ways.

I then began to turn my head over to the direction that I saw Lorgan was going to, which was of course, the front door, as this time, when I turned my head over in that direction, I actually was able to see my mother. Whilst the reason that I had turned my head in that direction, was simply due to the fact that I was going to go and watch Lorgan close the door, the fact that I now saw my mother, got my mind, and my focus, as well as my eyes off of all that had to do with Lorgan.

I got my eyes on my mother instead, who I saw had quite a bit of a worried, as well as quite a bit of some look of some fear on her face, all at the exact same time too, as I was quite a bit worried for my mother, if I was going to be for real with my self, and I was going to be completely honest with my self, all at once, as I then once again breathed in a bit to my self, just as I had done the last few times.

Though, some thing did in fact seem to be odd, just based off of the look that I saw on her face. No... Actually, it was not the look that I saw on her face that was in fact odd to me. It was just the fact that her face, straight up, was not normal at all. My mother, the last time that I had seen her, which was last night of course, had been quite a bit of a beautiful orc. But the orc that was my mother, that I saw in front of my eyes right now, was even more beautiful to me, none the less.

I was quite a bit lost by it, as well as the fact that I was a bit shocked by it to, as it just did not seem to make all too much sense to me, as to just what it was that was even going on right now in the very first place any ways. I would say that the orc that I was looking at right at this very moment in time, could not be my mother, as I did not see the old wrinkles and creases that I had seen on her face before, but it was clear to me that this orc that I saw right now, was in fact my mother.

She just seemed to be a lot younger than I was used to. It was really confusing me, as it seemed like I had managed to time travel, back in to the past some how, now that I was starting to get a grasp on just what it was that was going on right at this very moment in time, in the very first place any ways. If only I was not so stupid, and I could figure out just what it was that was even going on right now any ways.

There was also the fact that I was not able to move around, and that I was not able to speak, as I knew that had some thing to do with it to. That was when it all of the sudden started to hit me, all at the exact same time as well, as to just what it was that was even going on right at this very moment in time any ways, as I all of the sudden started to get it. I was a baby... This was some how a memory of when I was a baby, that I was having.

But how was it that I had got her in the very first place any ways? I was not all too sure if I knew that answer to that at all, if I was going to be for real, and I was going to be completely honest with my self, as it felt quite a bit strange to me none the less. Where was I at right at this very moment in time? The more that I began to think on it, the more that it all of the sudden started to grow dark in the room, as I was beginning to notice, none the less, as I then got my mind and my focus on my eyes, once again.

It was too late for all of that how ever, sadly enough for me, as I now all of the sudden began to realize that I was now fully dark, and that there was nothing at all that I could do now to stop as to just what it was that was even going on right at this very moment in time any ways, as I breathed in quite a bit to my self, all at once, and I got my mind and my focus off of all of that, as it all just seemed to go away from me, all at once, as well.

I opened my eyes, once again, as I saw that I was no longer in the same place that I had just been in a few moments before last, as I now all of the sudden began to notice, all at once, that I was back in the place that I had fallen asleep at last night. It was clear to me that I had simply just been in a dream just a few moments before last, and as much as it seemed to be real to me, I knew that none of it was in fact real, as I knew that it was simply my mind, and simply my subconscious trying to play tricks on me.

I breathed in quite a bit of a heavy sigh to my self, all at once, as I then got my mind, and I got my focus on the fact that my entire body felt sore, just due to the fact that I had slept on the bare earth just last night, and it clearly had not been any sort of comfortable to me at all, even if I had in fact still some how managed to fall asleep on the ground. I groaned a bit, all at once, as I then all of the sudden began to start to pick my self up from off of the ground, all at once, as I knew that I could not lay on this uncomfortable trash for all too much longer.

I blinked my eyes a few times, and I then all of the sudden got my mind, and my focus on just what it was that I felt like was going on right at this very moment in time, as I saw that it was early in the morning, such as it usually was most mornings, never the less, as I knew that it was always like this when ever it was that my mother first seemed to wake me up, all at the exact same time too. Though it was not my mother that had woken me up this time, as it was simply just the fact that it was the fact that I had woken my self up this time instead.

At least as far as I could tell, as I did not see my mother any where in my line of sight right at this very moment in time, as I then all of the sudden got my eyes on some thing that was different than all of this, which was the fact that I saw that there were trees above me. I then all of the sudden began to start to remember as to the fact that we had in fact fallen asleep in some woods just the night before last, none the less.

It came back to me once again, that I had woken my self up, as I cracked a little bit of a smile on my face, all at the exact same time too, as I was quite a bit proud of my self for that for some odd reason or another, none the less. I was not all too sure as to just what it was that I was so proud of that in the very first place any ways, as I knew that it should just be a given thing that I knew that I was supposed to do every single day, as I knew that when I was back in the human city, that I had missed a lot of the promises of the times I had said I was going to meet my friends, due to the fact that I had slept in so late.

I shook off all of those thoughts as well how ever, as I really did not want to think back on the humans at all right now, if I was not going to lie to my self either, as I kind of felt like I had been lied to all of this time, as it really did not seem like the orcs were as evil as I had been told that they were. It seemed like, while yes, I did in fact believe that they had attacked human villages and cities none the less, humans did the exact same thing that they did, so they were not all too much better.

I would say that I did in fact wish that I had in fact grown up in an orc place, in the orc world, but at the exact same time as well, I knew that it simply could not be the case, if what it was that my mother had said to me, about me being the son of the orc king, was in fact true, all at the exact same time as well, as I felt quite a bit sick, as to the fact that I was even thinking on those thoughts once again, as I knew that I did not want to be the son of him.

Sadly, I also knew that I could not just make that happen, as I knew that I simply just had to face the facts, all at the exact same time as well, as I let quite a bit of a heavy sigh to my self, all at once, as I then all of the sudden, finally, after quite a bit of some time as well, too, then began to start to lift my self up from off of the ground that I had slept in just the night before, as I let out quite a bit of a heavy groan, just as I did such a thing.

Once I was up, I then began to start to look around, as I wondered what was going on with where it was that I was at right at this very moment in time, in the very first place any ways, as I then began to start to get my mind, and get my focus off of all of the other thoughts that I had been having before now, as I got the smell of a fire burning from not all too far away from me, all at the exact same time too.

At first, I was a little bit worried that the forest was on fire, but as I looked over in the direction that I could smell the fire coming from, I then all of the sudden noticed that it was simply just the smell of the fire that my mother had started her self, as I could tell that some thing was cooking on the camp fire, all at the exact same time too, as I then got my focus on that for just a few moments of some time, as I looked in to the fire, and saw that my mother was cooking some stew in it.

My mother stew was not as good as Lorgan's, but I was so hungry right at this very moment in time, that I really did not care all too much, if I was going to be for real with my self. I cracked a bit of a smile on my face, as I then all of the sudden began to rub my hands, at the thought of the fact that I knew that I was about to be eating breakfast not all too much longer from now. I blinked my eyes a few times, as I then got my mind, and I got my focus on the fact that I was ready to eat, and get some grub.

As I had my mind on that, I seemed to fail to notice that some one was walking right up upon me, right at this very moment in time, as I heard a creak of some thing big stepping on some thing from the back of me, as I then all of the sudden quickly turned my head over to it, as I was a little bit worried that it might some wolves, or some sort of some thing else that could have smelt the same stew that I had smelt, all at the exact same time as well.

When I turned my head around how ever, I was relieved to see that luckily enough for me none the less, that what it was that just so happened to be behind me right now, was simply just my mother, as I breathed in quite a bit to my self, as I then all of the sudden nodded to her, as I was glad that it had not been some thing else. My mother looked at me with a big smile on her face too, as she then did in fact nod back to me.

It still was not normal for me to see some one smile at me when ever it was that they saw me, so it was still some thingbthat I was getting used to, if I was going to be completely honest with my self, all at the exact same time too, as I knew that most people did not smile at me when ever it was that they saw me. I knew that it was just due to the fact that I was an orc, though if I was not going to lie to my self, as much as I loved my father, I felt like an orc kingdom was the home for me.

I shook off all of those thoughts from my head, all at once, as I knew that my mother was about to speak to me, just due to the fact that she had in fact nodded to me not all too long ago, as it was clear that she was waiting for me to give her a nod back, to let her know that I was paying attention as to just what it was that she even had to say to me in the very first place any ways. I was quite a bit uncomfortable still, due to the fact that this still did not seem to be normal to me at all, but in the end, I did in fact nod back to my mother, just to let her know that she did in fact have my attention on her right now.

Once I had done such a thing, I then all of the sudden, all at the exact same time as well, began to start to hear my mother speak to me. I still was a little bit lost, which I felt like had a lot to do with the fact that I had in fact just woke up not all too much longer ago, but I did in fact begin to start to listen as to what it was that she even had to say to me in the very first place any ways, never the less.

"Good to see you finally awake... Glad I didn't have to be the one to do it this time... The stew is going to be ready for you in just a few moments..." She said to me, as I looked at her with quite a bit of a blank look on my face, which I felt quite a bit guilty for, all at the exact same time too, as I knew that it might have made it seem like I really had not been paying attention at all, as to just what it was that she even had to say to me at the exact same time as well, none the less.

I had in fact been paying attention, though my brain felt quite a bit dead right now, if I was going to be for real with my self. As I stared at my mother with the same blank look on my face, I waited for her to get upset at me, due to that fact, but it was clear that she was not at all, as she knew that I had in fact just woken up a few moments ago, all at the exact same time as well. I was glad that my mother was so smart, as I knew that the same could not be said for me, at all.

I must have got my smarts from my father, as based off of what it was that my mother had told me about my father, he really did not seem to be the smartest orc around, as I had been told about how stupid orcs were, as I knew for a fact that I fit in that category, all at the exact same time as well, so I thought that it was just a normal thing for all of the orcs. It was clear that I was simply just the one that was really stupid how ever, as it did not have to do with the entire species of orcs, as I could tell from my mother.

I felt like, I had a lot of traits from my father, that I wished that I could not have, as I wished that I had some traits from my mother, that I could have. Though, I felt like I was at least lucky to have the only good trait that was in me, from my mother, which was the fact that I was not evil like my father, as I did in fact have a soul, all at the exact same time as well, as my mother had told me all of the dark and evil things that my father had done, as it made me feel sick to my stomach.

I shook my head, as I did my best to get my focus off of all of those thoughts all at once how ever, as I got my mind on to some thing different once again, as I knew that I did not want to think on all of that for any much longer, as I knew that it had been on my mind a lot as of late, as I knew that it was not at all healthy for me to be that way either. I blinked my eyes a few times, as I then all of the sudden saw down beside a dead log, that luckily did not break, come to think of it, when I saw down on it, none the less.

I got my mind, and I got my focus on the fact, all at the exact same time as well, which had to do with the fact that I now all of the sudden, all at once, began to start to see my mother start to head past me, all at once, which I was a little bit confused as to just what it was that she was doing right at this very moment in time any ways. I saw her heading right over to the fire, and it then all of the sudden hit me as to just what it was that she was doing right now, as I saw that she was pulling the stew of the fire.

It reminded me of some thing that the humans did not seem to have, which was the fact that we really did not seem to get hurt the way that humans did when ever it was that we got any where near fire. My father had thought that it was some thing that was special with me, but I now realized that it was not the case at all, at least, so I thought, just based off of the fact that my mother was easily pulling off the big pan of stew from off of the fire, as she then put it beside another log, that was near me, all at the exact same time too.

Once it was that it had seemed like my mother had put down the stew, all at the exact same time too, she then all of the sudden turned her head over to me, and she then nodded to me all at once, to let me know that it was safe for me to go ahead and get some, now that the food, and the meat was fully cooked, all of the sudden, all at the exact same time too. I blinked my eyes a few times, and I then nodded back to her.

Though this nod was not the fact that I was going to go and eat any of the stew at all, which I was in fact hungry, and I was in fact ready to eat some of it. As the nod this time, was simply due to the fact that I was about to speak to her, as I had some thing on my mind, all at the exact same time too, that it felt like I could not get my mind off of all of that, all at once. I knew that it was not a big deal, and it was not scary at all to me, so that was not some thing that I needed to worry about right now, at all, how ever.

As I looked at my mother right in to her eyes, it was clear that she knew that I felt like I had to ask her some thing important, as she then all of the sudden stopped with what it was that she was doing right at this very moment in time, as she got her eyes, and her mind on to the fact that she knew that I was about to speak to her. Once I knew for a fact that she was paying attention, none the less, I did in fact begin to start to speak up to her.

"How much further do we have to go? It feels like we have been going on for ever at this point..." I said to her, as I felt like I had quite a bit of a blank look onnmy face, all at the exact same time too, once again, even though I knew that I felt like I was so worn out a this point, all at the exact same time as well. I knew that it had been hard on me when ever it was that we had been doing such a thing with the legion that I had been in, but this seemed to be on to a next level compared to this.

When I had been in the legion, we had not been doing it for all too long, all at the exact same time as well, as it had been maybe a week or so. We had been doing this for at least a month at this point how ever, as it was starting to get old, and it was getting very tiring on me all at the exact same time as well. There was also the fact that I also had to realize at the exact same time as well, that we woke up very early in the morning over single time, and that we did not rest to late night, when we could no longer see at all.

I breathed in quite a bit to my self, all at once, as I just wanted to quit, if not at the very least, have a few days to just rest. Though, that did not seem to be like it was coming any sort of time soon how ever, just based off of the look that I saw on the face of my mother right now, as it was clear that she was not all too happy with me. I felt like a few days rest would be nice and all, but I at least wanted to rest in a normal bed, as I knew that sleeping on the ground was killing me up to this point, never the less.

I dipped my head a bit low to the ground, as I felt a little bit guilty, as to the fact that I was acting weak, as it did in fact seem like I was complaining about the fact that this was so hard for me, all at the exact same time too, which I felt a bit bad for, as I was sure that my mother did not need that stress weighing on her right now, as I knew that it was hard enough as it was so far, as to the fact that she was going to have to go back to the city that she was raped at, and that she was nearly killed at, all at the exact same time too.

I stared down at the ground for quite a bit of some time, as I was not all too sure as to just what it was that I should do right now, as I kind of felt like I did not even want to eat any stew any more, all at the exact same time as well, as I just seemed to stare down at the ground, with quite a bit of a blank look on my face, due to the fact that I was not all too sure as to just what else it was that I should be doing right at this very moment in time any ways, none the less.

As I seemed to stare at the ground for just a little bit longer, I then all of the sudden began to start to hear the voice of my mother, as it seemed like she finally did in fact, and thankfully, all at the exact same time too, finally decide that she was ready to speak back on just what it was that I had asked her just a few moments before now, all at the exact same time too, as I then all of the sudden lifted my head up, to find out just what it was that was even going on right at this very moment in time any ways.

I saw that my mother was staring at me, as she did not seem to be as bothered as it had seemed like she had been just a few moments before, thankfully enough for me, as I let out a bit of a soft sigh to my self, all at once, as I saw her nod to me, all at the exact same time too, as it was clear that she was trying to make sure that I was paying attention to right now. Luckily enough, I was this time, as I then did in fact nod back to her, all at once, just to let her know none the less.

Once my mother had seen me do as such a thing, I could tell that it had made her feel a whole lot better, all at the exact same time too, as I saw that the worried, and stressed out look on her face all of the sudden seemed to go away. I was glad that was in fact the case, as she then all of the sudden began to start to speak to me, after not all too much longer after all of that, as I then did in fact begin to start to listen as to just what it was that she even had to respond back to me with in the very first place any ways, as well.

"Oh... We're not even halfway there..."