A. G. Harrison 
Time Passes 

There was a long pause for a moment before he came out. He had his eyes closed and didn’t open them until he felt something solid under his feet. Just as he opened his eyes an elf moved in to hit him with the hilt of his sword. Unsure on what they should do the guards paused to wait for the order to kill the revolting human, as his threat to one of their own in the palace, was intolerable.