IX –
“I’m sorry, I need to know what he is doing, and where he is. He never leaves off like that. If I go in his mind, he’ll know that it is me. Rykas, please… just do this for me, what if Organto is troubled?” Averick said quite worried. Rykas started to look into Organtos mind, seeing where he was, and what he was doing.
“This isn’t a good time Averick, your brother is fine, possibly the best he has ever been.” “Well… what is he up to?” questioned Averick. “He is with a friend, a friend for now atleast, becoming something more it seems.” “Who’s the lucky lady?” Averick asked. “You mean, who’s the lucky man?” Rykas replied. “It’s this man named Toby, Averick… by the means of all this, your brother, is well…” “…Gay” Averick interrupted finishing Rykas’s sentence.
“It makes him happy, this is what he wants, it’s what he needs right now.” Rykas tried to comfort Averick. “No, he doesn’t know what he needs. He loves you, and I have you. He can’t have you, because we are together, he is confused, he doesn’t know what he is doing! That bastard, he is going to hurt himself, and that, that…man Toby.” Averick said madly. “AVERICK! HOW DARE YOU!” Rykas dissapointedly yelled. “Organto is in love with this man, you have to support his decision. I heard your conversation with Organto two nights ago. He said that he loved me. He was confused, he has probably figured things out by now.” “He can’t love him, Rykas! He doesn’t even know him!” Averick commented. “How do you know that?” Rykas asked. “What if he does? We didn’t know each other when we met, and you said that you loved me.” “That was completely different… you were, well you were a lady, and I was a lad. Organto is a man, and Toby… he is a man as well. We were right to fall in love.”
“Oh, but they aren’t? Why can’t they Averick? What is wrong with being that way?” Rykas asked “Every…” Averick started to reply. “You mean nothing…” Rykas said. “Let your brother be this way.”