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Lawrie’s whole body hurt, especially his head. He would have thrown up had the gag not been shoved in his mouth. He had no idea where he was. It was dark, only being illuminated by a single torch.He then heard footsteps. He tried to move, but he could not feel his legs, and there were chains wrapped around his whole body.A pair of legs got close to the torch. The torch was picked up, and Lawrie saw his brother staring right at him.“Hello my dearest brother.” Larry said while slowly approaching him. Lawrie tried, but failed, to get away from him, and he fell over. His head hit the ground really hard, and he had to swallow back the vomit forming in his throat as it happened.Larry put the torch down again, and he sat down in front of Lawrie before he helped him back up. Lawrie wanted to speak, but he wasn’t able to because of the gag.“I’ve missed you. I thought I would never see you again after everything.” Larry’s comforting tone was not comforting to Lawrie at all. He looked down at himself and he realized something.He wasn’t wearing his armor anymore, leaving him only in the little clothing he wore underneath it. He also noticed that his shorts and legs were soaked. Great, he must have peed himself when he was paralyzed waist down, but that was the least of his many problems.“I didn’t expect you to have a little accident when I did it. But that’s alright, it happens.” Lawrie hated how he was talking to him. “Now you’ll never leave me. We’ll always be by each other’s side. I’ll make sure of it.”He yanked the gag out of Lawrie’s mouth. Oil was dripping down his chin as he did so. Larry wiped it off with a cloth he had with him. Lawrie tried to speak, but only raspy wheezes came out whenever he tried.Larry grabbed his hand, and he harshly brushed his thumb over the scar on it. “Had I known all of this would have happened, this is all I would have done.” He pulled out the same blade from his armor that he had used to cut Lawrie’s hand before, and he stabbed it into his hand. Lawrie bit back his tears as he swiftly cut his hand open. It wasn’t out of self defense this time.Larry grabbed one of his horns, and he pulled it back so Lawrie would look at him. “Let’s forget it all happened. Admit to your sins, and you can come back to Heaven. We can be together again. ” Lawrie tried speaking, but he still wasn’t able to. “Oh, I forgot,” Larry held up a metal box, “I took away your voice box, but that doesn’t matter. One way or another, I’ll bring you back home.”Lawrie couldn’t hold back anymore, and tears started streaming down his face. Larry tightly embraced him. “Don’t cry Lawrie, I promise I’ll find a way to bring you back to Heaven.” Lawrie couldn’t get out of Larry’s embrace no matter how hard he tried. He was too weak, and he still couldn’t feel his legs. Even if he could get out of his hold, he would not be able to leave wherever the hell he was because he wouldn’t be able to walk.Larry brushed his fingers through the feathers of Lawrie’s wings. “I don’t know how your wings grew back, but I’m glad they did. Now you can come back to Heaven when you earn the Lord’s forgiveness.”Lawrie didn’t want to go back to Heaven.Lawrie didn’t want to earn the Lord’s forgiveness.And he definitely didn’t want to see his brother ever again.