Lady of Narnia
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Lisbeth knelt beside the little boy. "It's alright," she said. "You're in the old room with the others."
Lisbeth looked annoyed with girls. "Can you three stop arguing!" she said.
Vissarion approaches Lisbeth. Despite his badly scarred face, he projects an air of reassurance. "There will be a way out, youngster. God will show us to it, or enable us to create it. I would tell you more about the desperate predicaments I've escaped from, but they might scare you. The point is that where there is faith and love, hope never dies. I am going to keep looking, whether you join me or not; but you are welcome to search along with me." He speaks louder now, for the benefit of all present: "One thing I have determined with fair certainty is that the level we are on is not very high above the ground; I discovered this by peering through some smal openings resembling arrow slots in a castle. So if a window is found, or a portion of the exterior wall can be pierced, escape will at that point be nearly certain, Sartre or no Sartre."
Ivan laughs. "Desperate predicaments? You talk like a character in a book. In any case, I know nothing of faith and love, but I do know about hope. And hope is what keeps people alive. Maybe I'm barely a person....but hope works. And it's the only thing that works. More important than brute strength. Not that it doesn't help..." He attempts to hold the pistol like a real gun, but ends up looking pathetic.
"Now,, are we going or not? I'm not the kind of man who'd leave you all alone. I'm a *bleep* for sure, but I'm no coward."
Lisbeth looked up at him. "I - I don't know. After Darron betrayed us, my whole world fell to pieces. My friends and I were on the continually and - and - now THIS!"
Ivan shrugs: "A broken life can't be repaired fully, but it can be mended a bit. I know this for a fact. If you could have seen me a few years ago....but it doesn't matter. I'm still in pieces, but I see no reason to give up,"
Lisbeth looked at Ivan. "You don't know what I've been through! I've suffered betrayal at the hands of the person whom I thought was my best friend. My family is dead, and - and -" But she stopped speaking.
Lisbeth looked at them. "You guys must LIKE to fight!" she said.