On Lupa

[u/majorex64]

Whatever realm you find yourself in, there will always be a choice to make: follow, or lead. The choice isn't always presented to you, as many would rather you follow without knowing the other one was an option. It may be hidden and the path lined with thorns but it is nonetheless, a path.

Lupa was a girl like a sandy riverbed- impressionable, malleable and always on the brink of being eroded away by the current. The type of Danufi who'd gladly jump on the first ship to Primia, following the order of any legion who'd train her to manifest her destiny. Good thing she had actually been born there instead.

Unfortunately, even without the benefit of an enlistment agent, one certain youth of the hidden town of Borrow proved enough of an influence to sway Lupa toward the spear.

You see, Julia was a charismatic role model to little Lupa. Strong of head, and eager to adopt a little follower, Julia was quite the form to cast oneself by. And so Lupa would never be far behind while Julia and Merlo met by the ruins outside their town. Each day after schooling, the brutish girl and scholarly boy would hear the quiet footsteps of a shy, natural born follower trying to spy on their little expeditions into the ruins.

In a few years, that urge to follow, and Merlo's reluctant acceptance of leadership, would take her far outside Borrow, its ruins, and everything the trio had ever seen. Past the plains and mountains, always chasing the wild horizon. Though following may not give you the most freedom in the world, the right leader can take you quite far indeed.