[ Back then nothing was impossible you could rise up from the lowest of places and seize everything you desired but the hard part was keeping it, things weren't as easy for us then as they are now, mhmm….I'm going to start from the day that started everything ]
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A vast endless rocky desert, no matter which direction you chose there was nothing but endless rocks and sand.
Avon was standing in the center of it all, this wasn't the first time that he'd been here nor was it the second but no matter how many times he came here it was always the same.
No sound, no wind, there wasn't ever any signs of life anywhere in this place but this time was different there was a woman standing to his left with her hand stretched out to him.
He'd been staring at her now for what felt like days now but he knew it's only been a few seconds, it's always been like this, like time had no authority here.
She was wearing a white tunic with a gold open collar necklace, in this place, without any wind, her black kinky curly hair and tunic were swaying ever so gently, but that wasn't what drew his attention it was the loving motherly smile that she had on her face.
After few seconds he'd already placed his hand on hers, her hands were cool almost cold which was a welcome relief from the sun that had been beaming down on him like it had a vendetta against him, before he knew it he was already in her embrace but she still had that smile while she patted his head.
"Avon"
He looked up at the woman slightly taken aback but she was still smiling.
"Wake up you lazy bastard!"
Still, her mouth didn't move it was still the same smile as before but he could hear the voice as clear as day and it sounded very familiar.
"Mo-"
A splitting pain came from his side causing all the air to escape from his lungs leaving him unable to finish his sentence.
The pain had dragged him out of his dream state and completely woke him up. What greeted him was the angry face of a short woman in a raggedy nightgown that beggars wouldn't want.
"Little bastard weren't you supposed to get up early to go into the forest to get wood for the construction of the chiefs house mhmmmm"
For the entire time, she was talking she hadn't taken her foot off his side even applying pressure and twisting it while she spoke.
"Ah, that was today? I forgot but I'll get going right now"
All he could do was feign ignorance and slip from under his mothers heil and run to the 'bathroom'.
The house didn't have a proper bathroom all that was there was a container with water and a shabby piece of fabric that could be used for privacy, in fact, their house didn't really have any rooms it was just one rectangular space with each of them taking one of the corners as a bedroom.
The beds were just two pieces of logs put together with some hay and other soft materials on it while they used giant tree leaves as covers, the kitchen had taken up another corner but all it consisted of was just fire coal on the ground surrounded by rocks with two pieces of wood sticking out of the ground vertically on opposite sides, as for a dining room table there was none.
"Where do you think your going you lazy bastard! You're not going to use the water that I fetched yesterday to wash the steps! When you get to the river you can wash up there!"
Avon knew his mothers' temper quite well so even though he towered over her standing at six foot two inches he had no choice but to change direction and to the ax leaning on the door hinge.
"Where are you going?!"
When she spoke her voice sounded like a deep growly.
"To the forest...."
"You haven't even washed off the step and do you plan to leave the bed that you pissed for me to clean!?"
"Mom you know I sweat a lot wh-"
"Get.It.Done.Now"
Avon didn't have much of a choice all he could do was turn back to pick up the hay and other stuff that made up his bed then pick up the ax from the doorway and go behind his house and spread it out.
Behind the house was a small garden that had ground provisions, it was the same across the entire village, all the houses were made the same way except for the chiefs house and the temp, so although the description of their home made them sound poor they were in the same situation as everybody else.
"Avon you really have to stop pissing the bed, it makes me look bad"
Avon had just set out his bed on the ground and put some stones on it to stop it from blowing away when he heard a voice from the house next to his, the voice wasn't all that loud but it was loud enough for him to hear.
It was his childhood friend who had just spoken.
"Come on Conrí you know that's not what happened!"
Conrí was the same age as Avon but he was slightly taller both boys were medium built with well-defined muscles but unlike Avon who grew out his hair and caught it up in one Conrí's hair was basicallnon-existent.
In term of skin tone, both boys were basically the same in fact everyone in the village basically had the same skin tone either slightly darker or slightly lighter.
"Avon did you piss the bed again!"
This time it was the lady across from them but unlike when Conrí spoke for only him to hear she spoke for the whole village to hear.
Avon froze for a second before forcefully turning his head to look at the lady.
"Of course not auntie, it's just that I sweat a lot-"
"Of course he pissed his bed again! Oh, Alaric what sins have a committed to deserve a son who pisses his bed!"
When his mother heard the neighbor she quickly chimed in to kick him while he was down and just like that all the women in the village started on him.
"Come on Avon you can't still be wetting the bed my daughters already seven and she stopped a long time ago"
"Avon what's wrong with you your already sixteen!"
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[ hahaha did you used to wet the bed and dad you grew up in a village? ]
[ yea and who's Conrí? how comes he never comes to visit us? ]
[ Grandma is kind of.....uhmmm so that's grandma huh ]
His kids had started interrupting the story to ask questions or just to say whatever they liked but they didn't forget to also take some jabs at him.
[ So that's why you always constantly bother us to pee before bed you don't want your children to feel the SHAME you felt ]
Their father was left completely speechless.
[ Shut up! Do you want me to finish the story or not! ]
The twins immediately stopped talking but his teenage daughter wasn't going to let this chance slip past.
[ Touchy Touchy Touchy why are you so touchy-feely dad, we've all wet the bed before.....just not till we were teenagers ]
The twins who were quite before immediately started laughing, their father couldn't do anything about it all he could do was with a gloomy expression.
[ That's it stories over, go to bed ]
When they heard that they all scrambled to grab their father who was already getting off the bed.
[ Alright dad we won't interrupt anymore! ]
[ and the sarcasm? ]
His attention was directed at his eldest daughter but contrary to what you might believe she didn't immediately answer in fact she looked like she was making a life and death decision. To be sarcastic or not to be sarcastic?.
[ I promise I will do it LESS ]
He knew that she wouldn't get a better offer from his daughter so all he could do was accept.
[ Fine, where was I? Oh right sweating- ]
[ Pissing ]
Even though she had just promised she still didn't let the opportunity slip by.
When he heard that he immediately stared at her while she, in turn, lowered her head.
[ sigh, this story is going to take longer than I thought ]