Forgotten Dogma IV

“Dharm..?” Calseph narrowed her eyes to focus and it was in fact him in the flesh. “By the Light it is you, Dharm!” she ran to him and embraced him tenderly. “I thought you had died! Where have you been? Is Finn alive?” releasing her embrace she eyed him over and picked up the scent of fresh laundry and horseradish. “Finn is still alive, I can smell that foul stew on you.”

“He’s alive, but he’s resting. One of the sisters is looking him over right now, I got kicked out the room.” Dharms look was one of confusion. Calseph never was one to be excited to see any from their band, especially him. “Why are you so happy, we were only gone half the day, we left at sunrise for that pit.”

“Dharm…” Calseph released him and walked back a few steps before turning, raising her hands to her temples. Flustered, she turned to him and told him flatly, “Dharm, that day was two months ago… so I’ll ask you again.” An air of dire seriousness had set upon her as her eyes were fixed intently on Dharms, “Where were you two?”

“The… Void.” Dharm spoke almost fearful of how the cleric would take his answer. To his relief she did not strike him, she only stared, possibly pondering his answer.

“The Void? What were you doing in the Void for two months, Dharm?” Calseph strode to the barrier of the balcony and sat upon it, then took a long drag from her knotted pipe. Her gaze reset on him intently.

“So here’s what happened.” Dharm sighed and continued, “So the bridge broke and we were falling into the Nether, right? Finn told me he always has a teleportation spell ready for when things get real bad. So, yeah we were falling towards the Nether and Finn grabbed my arm and we were thrown into the portal he called forth. I don’t think it worked right, the Nether magick might have disrupted his spell but we were spat out in the Void. We drifted there for a few hours before something freaked Finn out and he turned us into a comet and we came flying through the stars back down to Fira and he decided to land us in the Allegrian laundry down in the noble district.” He waited for a reaction from Calseph but none came for a short while. She just stared at him. “Wait. Where’s Kage?”

Calseph turned away, a grim expression now came to her face. “Alive… but she was hurt badly.” Tears welled in her hazel eyes and she did her best to hide them. “She saved me, Dharm.”

“That’s Kage. She’s always had a thing for you ever since Armesthede.” Dharm came to her and put a hand on her shoulder. “She’ll be fine, knowing her. How many women you know can take a dragons claw to the stomach and survive? Or wrestle down a grizzly bear? If Kage has you, she’d probably beat Death herself to a bloody pulp to see you again.”

Calseph smiled and held his arm close. “Thank you Dharm. It means a lot.”

“It’s only the truth, Cal.”