Old Bones

After Kara left the tower, Kars was left alone, unable to understand how things had come to this.

He had sent out soldiers in sufficient numbers and with enough strength. His fellow lords had agreed to the plan. Yet he had needlessly gotten his soldiers killed, been condemned by his allies, and been abandoned by Kara.

He could not understand where or how he had gone wrong.

Suddenly, his body felt heavy.

The armor he was accustomed to wearing felt heavy. He had never noticed its weight before.

Only then did Kars realize something.

Could it be that he had grown old?

This would never have happened when he was young. He had experienced defeats and painful failures before.

But his younger self would have immediately devised a plan to deal with the situation and put it into action. At the very least, he would not have been slumped over here.

"That's right, Sonnet."...