Role

Chapter 4

While Enhal was sitting in a darkened corner of a tavern, a drunken
fool approached and took a seat without asking, heedless of the dark
brown eyes that glared at him with disdain. He asked Enhal what he
"stood for" and looked at him balefully when Enhal did not answer.

As his intended victim had no doubt noticed the actions of the drunk,
Enhal gave up his stalking and shifted his focus to the buffoon in
front of him. He considered for a moment, and then decided to teach
the man of the Truth of existence as he knew it. He had nothing to
fear from this wine-soaked simpleton. Why not?

The man's eyes grew wider as Enhal explained the lie of existence,
the alcohol perhaps giving him more clarity than most would ever
know. The telling did not take long, and when Enhal had finished,
the man blustered a bit about how Enhal surely could not be right,
and if he was, then the question still stood, only moreso - why
fight at all, if it is all a meaningless lie?

And so Enhal began a short story...