[PK] Peaceful Times

[Lhindir_ 3691]

Ostromir did not leave his keep that night, nor did he leave his room. Yet those that would pass the entry chamber would’ve heard a loud, and continuous sobbing. Ostromir had lost his son.

[thesmellypocket 1859]

Ven. Pius of Sutica beams with radiance and joy as he embraces his disciple in the Seven Skies. "I told you that you would be alright, my son. Didn't I tell you we of the Fraternity look after each other, in this life and the next? Now get in, it's time to look after Jude II." Pius prays for the intentions of the Pontiff.

[Marron 140]

Sitting up in his hospital bed after his treatment following the bombing the boy would overhear talk of a priest being torn apart by the blast, one story of many in a city still in shock. 

 

"Vhy does Godani let zhis happen.. Even to zhe people who loves him?" He'd think to himself, looking sorrowfully at his holy icon of Saint Otto that his father had left at his bedside.

 

His faith shaken, but not shattered.  The child prayed for the priest and his family and thanked GOD that his eyes were too full of grit and splinters to be able to see the holy man's body, which he had dedicated to his faith, be torn apart by nails and shrapnel. Perhaps that was a blessing of GOD in disguise, and perhaps so was this priest. A man who's final act of service spared the life of so many others.