I watched as Darius ate his dinner peacefully. His face seemed tired and there were visible dark circles under his eyes. Whatever happened over the span of the past week took a toll on Darius’s body. I could tell that he was tired and probably hasn’t been eating or sleeping well.
I wondered if he would tell me about his journey and the war if I asked. Many thoughts went through my head as I watched him slowly eat his food. I would be lying if I said that I wasn’t curious about what he had been up to. There was a war somewhere along the empire’s boarders and that was basically all that I knew.
As I was making my mind if I should ask him for more details, Darius suddenly spoke up.
“If you have something to say, you can just say it,” Darius said without looking up from his food.
“I…wa
