wow. Not sure if I understood it as you wrote it. Sometimes that happens when the reader gets a different message than the writer intended, but this was so sad. It seriously is breaking my heart.

I like the way you use the armor to show the virginal side of someone who falls in love, and then also at the end showing the armor dented, and dull.

I did not quite get the last two lines. 'his duties being done, still unsung.' What were his duties that didn't get done and what did you mean about the hero 'still unsung'?

Thanks so much for sharing.
love, LinnAnn