She suddenly knew that the horrible large man that was chasing them would undoubtedly catch up to them if they did not escape quickly. She used all of her strength to pull them both through a passing shadow to a different part of the city. Once they were through the shadow, she took a seat on a nearby bench, then inhaled sharply. She was very out of breathe and exhausted from the tremendous amount of energy she had just used. She finally caught her breathe and looked over at Sabriel, her ears tilted back slightly to show that she was sorry.
"Ok. I grant wishes. Anything that people want, I can give them. Their deepest wishes, theirs. But, I cannot just give them out like candy on Halloween. I can only grant up to two wishes a day, and typically not even that. Depending on the size of the wish, I could actually kill myself granting it. These people, they killed my family, they have chased me my whole life, they want wishes that if I were to grant, I could not live with myself. Complete racial genocides, nuclear wars. They want control, and to them, I am the key." she said, her voice taking on a very depressed tone. Tears welled up in her eyes as she continued to speak. "I was given this power to do good. It was a blessing. But now it is only a curse. I have no family, no friends, no one who loves me or cares. I am all alone. I am incapable of truly loving someone, for fear that tomorrow they will be gone."
She looked down for a moment, wiping away tears form her face before they left her eyes. Then she turned and looked back at him, still ignoring the fact that her arm was in immense pain and was even more bruised than before. "I'll bring you back to wherever you were going. I'm sorry I had to pull you through the shadow..."
"Ok. I grant wishes. Anything that people want, I can give them. Their deepest wishes, theirs. But, I cannot just give them out like candy on Halloween. I can only grant up to two wishes a day, and typically not even that. Depending on the size of the wish, I could actually kill myself granting it. These people, they killed my family, they have chased me my whole life, they want wishes that if I were to grant, I could not live with myself. Complete racial genocides, nuclear wars. They want control, and to them, I am the key." she said, her voice taking on a very depressed tone. Tears welled up in her eyes as she continued to speak. "I was given this power to do good. It was a blessing. But now it is only a curse. I have no family, no friends, no one who loves me or cares. I am all alone. I am incapable of truly loving someone, for fear that tomorrow they will be gone."
She looked down for a moment, wiping away tears form her face before they left her eyes. Then she turned and looked back at him, still ignoring the fact that her arm was in immense pain and was even more bruised than before. "I'll bring you back to wherever you were going. I'm sorry I had to pull you through the shadow..."