Short. Part one: an interruption of happy thoughts.

Ru sat quietly, thinking, in one of those rare moments, he was not needed or wanted by anyone. Over the past two months he had grown love Ag dearly, and did not mind his company, (most of the time) but found himself now enjoying the peace of solitude. The hours can grow long, when your shadow speaks. Sometimes silence passes time better. Ru needed the time to pass. In a few days he would go home for whole a week, see his beloved little tabby cat Shamrock, and give his father the biggest hug he's ever received. Only the fifth time in in over a year. He looked forward to that more than anything. For the moment he awaited his replacement a man called Aearion. An esteemed medic & field surgeon. Ru took out his pipe, and was about to fill it, when he happened to look up. What he saw pass by him, was the figure of a boy, dressed like a ranger. By his height, he could not have been older than 14 or 15, if even that. Ru, put his pipe away, and rose to follow the boy. He was in for a surprise.