- Laith Taher 187
abstaining from avenging them and accepting what
happened to them.
Failing someone is a type of betrayal, as one does
not have to harm his friend, relative, or anyone he is
supposed to love by killing, beating them, or the like in
order to be considered a traitor. But if he knows that they
have been killed or beaten and does not save them or he
accepts what has happened, then such failing is betrayal in
its own accord.
If someone watches a related person drowning and
leaves him without help, is not that betrayal? Let alone
Milton who not only failed the Prouds, but also made
friends with their enemy and murderer King Matthew, and
then it turned out he was his ally.
As he moved away from them, the Small One said
loudly and cynically, “Why don’t you greet your people? It
seems like you need another slap.”
Jarvis was like a river trapped behind a dam and
was about to burst any moment when the dam collapsed,
waiting for any crack, no matter how small, to burst out.
The Small One’s words were that crack. Therefore, as soon
as he heard the Small One’s words, he pulled Genos by its
bridle causing it to raise its forelegs up and neigh loudly,
and then he turned around and returned quickly to the
Small One. He dismounted and ran like lightning towards
the Small One, and as he reached him, he punched him
forcefully.
The Small One cried of pain, “Ah.”
The Small One tried to punch Jarvis, who avoided
the punch, and then he kicked the Small One with his foot
below his chest throwing him backwards on the door of his