ACACIUS
"What do we do?"
"I've never seen this kind of injury before..."
"Are you sure you saw right?! His eyes lit on fire?!"
There were so many sounds, expressing worry, curiosity, and a way to void out the silence. This is nothing like Athens, no proper understanding of what the gods represent, no understanding of power, and a lack of magical strength.
"Matthew..."
He was laying on the bed, with burning sears around his eyes, exposing the inner parts of his facial muscle fibers, we wrapped his eyes the best we could, but to no avail.
"Is this one even worth taking care of? He's now of no use to Sparta."
I turned around and saw men, women, even the children discussing the matter; was he worth saving? To me he was the only person to understand me, to cull my worries, and help me to survive, I'm grateful to him, that's why we have to save him.
We must.
ASCLEPIUS
"What the hell was that...?" The father of the heavens Zeus was confused.
We watch the mortal on this day to see his efforts, and to enjoy the game, but we had not expected this.
"What did Hecate do?!"
I cannot speak in this matter as I am a minor god.
"Athena, do you have any idea?"
"No this hasn't happened before, never."
Even the Goddess of wisdom doesn't know? Mortal... what secrets are you hiding?
MATTHEW
"You really screwed up big time Matt!"
What? Who are you?
"You don't remember me? That's pretty cruel don't cha think?"
She slid her fingers around my neck.
"Or should I help you remember?"
You?! Didn't you die?!
"Yeah, I did or maybe I didn't seeing as I'm alive right now."
I-I'm sorry.
"Hm? For what?"
For leaving you, when you needed me, when you helped me all those times, and I couldn't pay it back.
"It's too late now you know?"
I know, but if-
"No 'ifs' or 'buts' you left me that's that, you know I wonder how you slept so soundly even after I died."
I...I felt safe it was a way for me to get out of my cycle of despair, it was a short lasting experience.
"Don't you want to repent?"
I feel guilty for not saving you, but you've never thought about how it feels to be on the floor licking their boots just so you could get by!
"You still left me!"
Only to get by!
"It's your fault!"
It's not! It was you! All because of you they kept beating me! I lost everything!
"What about you?! Did you think about how I felt? I did nothing wrong, merely because they hurt you, you involved me; an innocent."
But I...
"Did you hate me?"
...yes
"Do you hate me?"
Yes.
"I see...then come, show me."
I suddenly had a knife in my hand, covered in dark purple flames, the emotion of hate overwhelming me.
She caressed my neck, "do it."
ACACIUS
"Physician! Matt... he's burning up!"
A physician came running over, "take his temperature!" He yelled to another physician.
A physician began measuring the temperature, "140?! That's way too high! It's still going higher! We're losing him!"
They ran back and forth trying to solve the problem until I heard a physician scream, "the temperature has stabilized! And he's healed? What?! How?!"
They took off the bandages on his eyes, they were healed... and they were opening.
AINDREA
"How much longer?"
"Shut up."
"C'mon tell me!"
"Focus on your training!"
"I am!"
"Then shut up!"
"I don't want to!"
"Ugh... fine if you train steadily for 4 months I'll teach you how to use body strengthening magic, how about it?"
"Deal!"
"I hate brats like you..."
ACACIUS
"Matthew? Are you ok? Your hands are shaking."
His hands trembled, unable to stop, clutching his head, wailing in agony, only saying, "I-I killed someone..."