Bio Gadwin

The boy was asleep, leaning against a tree.
The sun rose in the distance. The light, shining on the boy's eyes, woke him up.
He looked around and, for a moment, couldn't remember where he was. Then, as he
remembered, he sighed.
Taking his sack, he stood up, dusted himself down and began walking.

One week earlier

The citizen walked past the man and boy without suspecting anything. When his back was
turned to them, the man whispered to the boy, ' Go on...do it now...quietly...'
'I'm not doin' it!' shouted the boy.
The man cringed as the citizen heard the sudden outburst and looked round, but, still not
suspecting anything, carried on walking. The man breathed a sigh of relief and turned to his son.
'Just once?' the man pleaded.
'NO!' shouted the boy and ran off.
The man growled and ran after him.

The front door burst open and the boy ran in.
'Here we go again...' sighed his mother.
'I'll never do it!' shouted the boy, 'Thievin' is wrong!'
The man frowned as he walked in. 'It's a way of life...' he said sternly, '...our way of life.'
'It's not mine!' shouted the boy and ran out onto the street again.
'He's just a child...' said the woman, '...why do you have to force him to steal?' the man frowned at his wife and said 'The child must learn someday, he has to stop living in a dream world. All I hear is how he's gonna be the best sword fighter ever...he needs to stop livin' in a fantasy world and face up to reality! We need food!'
'I know we need food... ' sighed the woman, '...but that doesn't mean a boy of sixteen should have to steal.'
'Like it or not, he's gonna to have to!' shouted the man and sat down.

Out in the street, the boy was still running.
'Gadwin! Wait!'
The boy looked round. He smiled as he saw the girl and stopped running. He waited for her to catch up then she said, 'Where are you going so fast?'
Gadwin sighed and replied; 'Anywhere.'
'Ahh...now I understand,' sighed the girl, 'your dad making you steal again?'
Gadwin sighed again and nodded. 'Why does he have to steal?' he asked, 'stealin's wrong, why can't he get a good job? Like in a shop or somethin'?'
'I don't know,' said the girl, 'maybe he doesn't know how to do anything else except steal.'
'Then he'd better learn! And fast!' shouted Gadwin and started running again.
The girl grinned at and chased after him.

Back at the house, the man emptied the contents of his sack onto the table. His wife sighed at
the small pile of stolen pouches and poor quality amulets.
'Would have been more if the damned boy helped out!' shouted the man.
' Well he doesn't want to, so leave him alone!' the woman shouted back.
'Not 'til the day he gets his head out of the damn clouds!' the man was getting angrier.
The woman recognised the signs and asked 'Going drinking tonight?'
'Of course I'm goin' drinkin'! What else is there to do!?' shouted the man and stormed out. The woman sighed and sat down.

In the streets, the girl had caught up with Gadwin and pinned him to a wall.
'Man!' he exclaimed, 'How'd ya get so fast?!' The girl grinned and said, 'I've been training.
Come on, I'm hungry, lets go and get something to eat.'
'No!' shouted Gadwin, 'I'm leavin'!'
The girl shook her head and smiled 'Again?'
'This time I'm really leavin'!' shouted Gadwin, 'and not comin' back!'
The girl sighed. 'Why?' she asked,
'I can't live with him any longer!' shouted Gadwin.
'Stop shouting at me' frowned the girl, 'I didn't do anything.'
'Sorry...' sighed Gadwin.
As a group of Constables ran past, Gadwin gasped and exclaimed 'Oh no! My mum!'
The girl gasped and they both ran back to his house.

They arrived to see his mother and father being lead away by four tough looking Constables.
Two more were searching his house.
'Mum!' shouted Gadwin.
His mother looked back at her son and began to cry.
He watched until they were out of sight then darted past the Constables into his house.
He grabbed his gladius, his knife, some food, a torch and his savings, shoved them into his
father's empty sack, took it, and went back out out.

Without looking back at the girl who was waiting for him outside, he began running....