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Chapter 2 - SUIT

It started to walk and left the decaying hut, as the entity walks, the gazes of people were caught. They stare and watched the naked entity walk and covered the sight of their children, unaware of ethics and human standards, the entity immediately fled out of that poor town.

It took the road where two paths converge, one was decent, and one was rocky. The entity took the decent one for its instinct tell it to do so, it walked faster than anything or anyone else, until the layered stone of the road met with the muddy surface of the ground. As it look behind, it saw an old carriage filled with barrels and old leather cases. An old man went down from it and called the entity,

"Young man! Please help me!" he shouted.

The entity was confused but immediately responded to the old man's calling.

"Lucoa," it said.

The old man was also confused, he knew that name, but it feels something different. He asked the naked entity to assist him on repairing the broken wheel of the carriage, and the repair was done immediately. The old man stares at the entity and suddenly felt emotional for no reason, he started a conversation about his journey, that he has two sons and a wife... but he left the three after the second child was born, so that he could find a good job to have a capital enough to become a small merchant.

And so the old man continued on telling stories for about a couple more of hours, and the entity listened carefully and attentively... and a sudden flow of information assimilated on the entity's mind, it was its predecessor's memory and common sense, a wisdom from its previous life.

The entity now know how to respond properly, it showed empathy to the old man and uttered its first comforting words,

"No matter what happens, do not lose hope," it says.

A simple and warm smile was the old man's response, he took out one of the cases inside the carriage and gave it to the entity.

"Young man, take this and wear the suit inside."

He helped it to wear the black suit and gave a pair of black shoes so that the entity would look decent. He started to prepare for his departure and bid farewell to the entity,

"This was supposed to be a gift for my eldest son, but I'm not sure if I may be able to meet him." he said with a meek tone, "I don't even know if my family could forgive me or even just recognize me after many years of absence. I left them so sudden when they need me the most..."

It looked into his eyes, the expressionless face of the entity seems like it is telling the old man that his reasons are valid and he won't judge him no matter what.

"You and my eldest son seems like of the same age," he continued, "It really suits you. What a fine looking young man."

The entity felt a strange feeling, sadness. It seems like the old man wanted to tell it more but he was afraid to show his crying face to it, and so they both departed taking the different paths of the same road.

And for one last time the old man shouted from a far, "Have a safe trip and live long young man!!"

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Day 2: The Beginning of Lec'krit's Journey

"No matter how far we go, we shall always return."