Chapter 38

You, as a flower;

 innocent and pure

Them, as your pickers;

 perverted and hasty

Me, as the passer;

 protective and chivalrous

You, as a flower;

 innocent and pure

Them, as your pickers;

 successful and weak

Me, as a protector;

 imprisoned and falling

You, as a flower;

 bloody and bruised

Them, as your pickers;

 successful and strong

Me, as a prisoner;

 watching and waiting

You, as a flower;

 perfect and expectant

Them, as your pickers;

 disappointed and wrinkled

We, as two vagabonds

 free and destined

“Not bad,” August commented.

“Not bad? Not bad? Not bad?” Bright was visibly offended with the half-assed praises his superior gave him that he had to triple his inquiry with significantly-spaced pau