It was early morning, the date being fourteenth of September. Practically no one was awaken yet.
Joshua… no JOSHI, stood on a hill and looked down on what he had called his hometown for a long time, Trimbach. It was obvious that it changed in the time he was gone, but it was still recognisable as what it was back… back when he was human… truly human… although he might never actually have been.
Then again, he had realized that he was more human than he had thought he was back then. And now, on his very birthday, it was his decision to ambush and eradicate his hometown alongside the bigger town of Olten right next to it…
How was one to make such a decision? How could one bring himself to eradicate his own past without destroying who he was? Was it even possible? Should he just order retreat? What would happen to him then? Could he go back? Would he still be welcome? Would he still follow his way? Or would he abandon it?...
These thoughts filled his head while he pondered. The sun started to rise. He knew that he had no time left. He lifted his hand and proclaimed: “I made up my mind, we will…
