What is Dead May Never Die

[Cjmate 1270]

What is Dead May Never Die

 

 

Kristofer Vuiller lay, arms extended, deep in the River Petra. The breath had long since left his body, and his limbs grew limp, hanging upward. Soon, his eyes grew dim, and the light of the sun faded. His killer's visage peered down at him, barely visible as his eyes grew hazy. Godfrey Renault had tied his legs together where he couldn't move before throwing Kristofer into the river with the aid of Ser Edmund and Enzo Cooper. The snotty child screamed at the young man to swim...but he did not swim. Kristofer sank, heavy in his thick armor. 

 

Bubbles erupted in a torrent from Kristofer's mouth, bubbling to the surface. He lay dying, and the men watched his suffering until the breath left his body. 

 

He stopped breathing: dead. His lifeless corpse floated at the water's bottom. Soon after, his father, Rev Vuiller, fished him out. Tired and breathless, the old man carried his son to the gates of Providence, screaming for aid. The boy's lifeless body lay on a cot before his father breathed life into him. 

 

Suddenly, Kristofer gasped, breathing aloud and spitting out the water that drowned his lungs. His body grew limp in his father's arms before Rosemary Gendrik swaddled the shivering young man in warm clothing.

 

[Radzig 747]

The young Prince would pause at the riverbank, steed halting relative to his mentors. There, he would speak, gaze still directed towards the water. 

 

"Ser Edmond." He began, his small mind tending to events prior. He had acted in self-defense, for the other man, that of the flaxen hair, had struck at his bannerman's wrist, attempting to sever such. The boy, in his best judgment, had even done his best to dispel the bindings which might hinder the natator's survival. Alas, he would turn to the right, directed towards his teacher, a hand lifting to scratch at his chin.

 

"Does killing, even if in defense, make one a bad Canonist?"

@Emery