Raging Tauren Part 4
“Xasxas, She told her son in a mildly scolding tone, I don’t mind you playing “mighty lion protector.” I don’t even mind the messes you make of yourself. But you have got to get over this anger at people who don’t understand Mother Earth the way we do. Isn’t that right Tatsumi? She added looking up at her friend for support.”
Tatsumi smiled down at her best friends son. Ignoring the mud that caked the little boy, nearly matching the color of Tajqa’s skin, she took the tiny hand in hers. It looked so tiny against her larger. Looking into the worried little eyes Tatsumi spoke to little Xasxas ever so gently, reassuring her.
“Xasxas, she said, your mother is right. It doesn’t matter where you came from. It doesn’t matter where you go in life. We are your family. You will always have a home here…and the Earth Mother will always have a safe retreat here where people love and respect her.”
“But mom” Xasxas blurted out, “those dwarves think we are all just big dumb cows, they will NEVER learn. Before he died dad said….”
“Yes, Tatsumi said. I know what they think of us. You are right. But you are a Tauran, you can be proud of your heritage. We all miss your father. But you still have a mother who loves you and our tribe wants you with them. We will look out for the Earth Mother together.”
“I love you, Xasxas’s mother said, smiling at her son. She took him in her arms as she hugged him and whispered in his ear…we are safe here little one.”
“…aren’t they going to kill us like they did dad?” Xasxas asked through nearly silent tears.
“These lands are well protected, his mother said with a reassuring smile. We don’t have to fear those bad men any more. I will always love you…”
Then mother and daughter hugged each other in silence for along time, with Tatsumi looking on. Moments passed as little Xasxas enjoyed the warmth of his mothers hug. The moments lingered on…and his mother’s grip loosened…dropping Xasxas to the ground…her eyes wide open in both shock and horror. Xasxas watched as his mother dropped slowly into Tatsumi’s arms. Then she saw the black shaft of an arrow that protruded from the back of his mother’s neck..
Not understanding fully what had happened the little boy just gave his mother a puzzled look. In a pitiful little voice he managed to squeak out the words…
“Mommy?”
Tatsumi had spotted the source of the angry black shaft, but too late. Here in Mulgore was the last place she expected an attack. She watched helplessly as the assassin slipped back into the night, fading from sight. She held her dieing friend in her arms, watching as the light that was her life, faded from her eyes. Tatsumi watched as Xasxas’s mother gagged, struggling for breath and a voice that would not come. A silent tear coursed down the dieing woman’s cheek. Tatsumi followed her friends eyes as they look one at her daughter one last time with a mixture of love and anguish.
“Dearest friend, Tatsumi whispered…for that is all the voice she could find…dearest sister…you can go into the next world in peace. I will always love little xasxas. I will raise him not as my own…for truly now…he is my own. Your son will always be loved and cared for.”
With that the light behind those dark eyes, the window of the soul, slipped into eternity.
Tatsumi smiled down at her best friends son. Ignoring the mud that caked the little boy, nearly matching the color of Tajqa’s skin, she took the tiny hand in hers. It looked so tiny against her larger. Looking into the worried little eyes Tatsumi spoke to little Xasxas ever so gently, reassuring her.
“Xasxas, she said, your mother is right. It doesn’t matter where you came from. It doesn’t matter where you go in life. We are your family. You will always have a home here…and the Earth Mother will always have a safe retreat here where people love and respect her.”
“But mom” Xasxas blurted out, “those dwarves think we are all just big dumb cows, they will NEVER learn. Before he died dad said….”
“Yes, Tatsumi said. I know what they think of us. You are right. But you are a Tauran, you can be proud of your heritage. We all miss your father. But you still have a mother who loves you and our tribe wants you with them. We will look out for the Earth Mother together.”
“I love you, Xasxas’s mother said, smiling at her son. She took him in her arms as she hugged him and whispered in his ear…we are safe here little one.”
“…aren’t they going to kill us like they did dad?” Xasxas asked through nearly silent tears.
“These lands are well protected, his mother said with a reassuring smile. We don’t have to fear those bad men any more. I will always love you…”
Then mother and daughter hugged each other in silence for along time, with Tatsumi looking on. Moments passed as little Xasxas enjoyed the warmth of his mothers hug. The moments lingered on…and his mother’s grip loosened…dropping Xasxas to the ground…her eyes wide open in both shock and horror. Xasxas watched as his mother dropped slowly into Tatsumi’s arms. Then she saw the black shaft of an arrow that protruded from the back of his mother’s neck..
Not understanding fully what had happened the little boy just gave his mother a puzzled look. In a pitiful little voice he managed to squeak out the words…
“Mommy?”
Tatsumi had spotted the source of the angry black shaft, but too late. Here in Mulgore was the last place she expected an attack. She watched helplessly as the assassin slipped back into the night, fading from sight. She held her dieing friend in her arms, watching as the light that was her life, faded from her eyes. Tatsumi watched as Xasxas’s mother gagged, struggling for breath and a voice that would not come. A silent tear coursed down the dieing woman’s cheek. Tatsumi followed her friends eyes as they look one at her daughter one last time with a mixture of love and anguish.
“Dearest friend, Tatsumi whispered…for that is all the voice she could find…dearest sister…you can go into the next world in peace. I will always love little xasxas. I will raise him not as my own…for truly now…he is my own. Your son will always be loved and cared for.”
With that the light behind those dark eyes, the window of the soul, slipped into eternity.
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