PART 39 - CLOSE BUT FAR
The echo of the murmurs, swung and floated with the currents of the calmly blowing breeze, colliding into my ear. My feet slowly dropped their pace and I stood still, for a few minutes, like water freezing in the North or South pole, before cautiously brushing the pebbles under the rubber sole of my boots, moving closer to the large, boulder filled quarry, that echoed the voices of the people under John's tyranny. "Mmmmh..." Azoe uttered, gradually, straightening his slight, tilt in his back from peeking to the other taller and muscular people. "What is it? Why aren't you moving forward?" I asked, shaking Azoe's right shoulder. "These large ones listened to the Big Boss, I should tell you, I'm never going back, NEVER!!!" Azoe said, in a whispering tone. The clanging of metal, rang, fainter after each passing second, and our steps, became quicker towards the quarry. The lights, beamed, into the faded darkness, of the shadows, encroaching on...