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Chapter 3 - Awakening.

Flavio woke up in a daze confused as to what just happened. One minute he was talking with local Tajiks about where to put the bridge supplies another mortars sounded with every crack another life taken he saw his best friend torn to bits the locals brutally slain for dealing with western coalition forces. His own life taken by a Taliban sniper he believed the myth of your life flashing before your eyes was exactly what it was a myth but he was proven wrong his entire life played in front of him like a movie. Then all of a sudden a bright light be-cones to him a young clean shaven man in a white toga with a laurel wreath atop his head if one knew of Roman mythology you would instantly know this young man as mars Roman god of war. But Flavio does not remember this meeting as it is all a blur to him plus he has bigger issues to deal with he notes the lack of clothes on him plus his smaller build. As a Man of the 21st century his body would not be this malnourished and beaten up as it was. He decided to get up from the ground and walk to a nearby puddle in the ground what he saw shocked him hai as golden as the most beautiful wheat in the field, eyes as blue as the sea, a face that could make a woman faint. But he's been severely malnourished, bruised plus he's covered in dirt if not for him being able to distinguish what was part of his body from dirt he would've thought he was ugly but thankfully it was just dirt and grime from the everyday life of a street urchin.He also noticed he was shorter than before standing at about 4,10 feet tall he made the guess of what the body's age is considering his mass and size he guesses he'll be about 10 years old which was not too much of a surprise to the now young Favio, has decided that this discovery will have to wait and decided to analyze his surroundings he notes the old concrete and the antiquity style buildings around him he had to guesses to where he currently was either Rome or Athens as the only two cities left with enough Monuments front the time of antiquity . All of a sudden he has a splitting head ache the memories of the body he possessed washed through him like a violent turret he started to remember, the bodies name was Aemilianus a poor boy born to a prostitute and and unknown man he was born to live a life of poverty. His mothers name is Merripen meaning death she would sent Aemilianus out to the slums to beg and steal what he could from passerby's. His mother would later give birth to his younger sister Priscilla. Priscilla would not inherit her mothers nastyness and instead would be a rein a light in the midst of an ever great darkness. She would always help those that need it but one day her mother had gotten a very wealthy patron a noble from a branch of house Pompeii. Upon arriving at Merripen's house he spotted the beautiful Priscilla weaving that's into sandals for her brother the noble after finishing his business with Merripen would go on to hand the woman a bag of denarius (standard Roman gold coin). The woman was visibly trembling at the sight of so much money but even she seemed wary of why he would hand her such thing the none said nothing and simply pointed his finger at Priscilla. Merripen understood his intent and quickly grabbed Priscilla by the arm and shoved her toward the noble. He merely nodded then dragged the girl away. It would seem that Aemilianus was greatly affected by this as he would run away from his mothers grasp in search of his sister only to be beaten up by local criminals stripped for all he's worth and left for dead. Flavio finally regained control of the body he reveled in the knowledge of the previous owner of this body. Flavio thought to himself that he still needs more knowledge such as when and where exactly the location of his sister is flavio decided one of the many things he will do is free Priscilla from the hands of the nobleman. Flavio decided to also change his name as while he was not in any immediate danger he would ultimately choose Magnus Lucius Domita. Many would question why a poor street urchin would have a noble Surname. It was actually quite simple while going through the memories of the previous occupant of his body he came across an old legend of Magnus Florence candida a war hero who fought along side scipio africanus he was famed for his legendary skill with the sword towards the end of his life he would marry a woman of common origin and later die seemingly without leaving an heir. Now this was important to now Lucius's decision as Magnus was known to marry a common woman as well as not have any known heir but what if he posed as his decedent nobody should be none the wiser and none could dispute him unless they can find hard evidence of him lying. With his future goal of liberating his sister he eventually steps out of the dank alley way and onto the road his goal find the market now most people would not allow strays at their stalls but he doesn't plan to he"ll camp close enough to the market that he'll be able to hear gossip but far enough he'll not be driven away by the stall owners. His plan learn of the political situation in Rome as it'll be instrumental for his plans. He approaches the market square