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She knows this scent. 

You can not say it is blood or sweat, it is not the dust in the air nor the whipping wind. It smells far different, although it contains them all in one way or another. It might as well be the fear or rage, it might be dread, grief, hope or glory. Nevertheless she knows they are all false, none of them really exists. They are nothing but mere illusions, what everyone dreams of or pretends to feel while on the battlefield.

No matter how many walk by you as you are rushing to the fight, everyone will still stand alone in the midst of the battle, everyone fights alone and dies alone. She knows the scent of this loneliness as well as the fatigue in her feet from carrying her across all battlefields.

She has long given up the foolish urge of fighting by someone's side. She is a wanderer, bound to ride alone through the endless night which has been casting a devouring darkness upon her life.

And yet she was lately introduced to a completely different luxury she could not have ever known of. Recently there has been someone, waiting on her outside the battlefields. When she stands there, fighting on her own, she knows that after each battle is over, he will be there, awaiting her return with a warm smile. She will lick her wounds before getting to him, she will not cry in pain, nor will she ask him to carry her. Still he will be there, a quiet place outside the battlefields for her to return to. Even should it be just for the time being, she knows she has a peaceful shelter to lie down and rest...