Athelstan of Lindisfarne (
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milliways_bar2015-08-25 09:24 pm
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As he leaves the church, Athelstan can feel the stares. Everyone looking at him, everyone watching him, as they do every minute of every day where there's anyone to see. The unredeemed apostate or the king's pet pagan, it hardly matters why they're staring, and he can't even run, and suddenly it's too much.
By the time he reaches the door to his room, he's shaking and sweating - and as it turns out, it isn't the door to his room.
He makes it to the nearest chair, sinks down into it with a trembling hand pressed to his chest, and tries to remember how to breathe.
By the time he reaches the door to his room, he's shaking and sweating - and as it turns out, it isn't the door to his room.
He makes it to the nearest chair, sinks down into it with a trembling hand pressed to his chest, and tries to remember how to breathe.

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"Sinric. They just - won't stop watching."
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He knows what it is to have too many eyes on you. How it feels as if your very soul is exposed. Better to find somewhere away from people till the panic of it passes.
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We found the kids and wiman and Rollo in a lownly farm in the hi lands. They are save. Divvel went to Kattegat and counted enemys and made Fiekr come back to farm with him. He is with the kids and they love him so I better not bring him here. I now go back as I had an ideer how to draw out the enemys from our home and will try find peeple to help. I hope you are there when I come in the next time. I hope the English king treets you well. I miss you and will come for you when we have our home back and some new ships or we take the ships from Jarl Borg and come over with them but Floki will say they are bad ships and not good for crossing the real sea. But I will make them all hurry because I
lmiss you. Ragnarr!!no subject
From the shadows.
This gaze is wholly impassive though.
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"Athelstan," he says. "You look almost worse than last time. What happened?"
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Unless...
"Whose eyes?"
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Yes, all of Winchester, or it feels like it.
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He's still struggling for air, but not quite as badly.
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He squats down in front of Athelstan and looks him in the face, breathing slowly.
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One, two, three, he counts silently.
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