There was someone in my home who made claims like that. The master he served was worse than the one he claimed to fight.
[ Kettara's voice is carefully even, though her ears are flat to her skull and her hands tight on her weapons. Too many things have happened too quickly. If she makes a decision now, especially about going to war like this human-looking thing wants, then Kettara knows deep in her heart that there will be no going back. And she will have to live with the consequences. Master Muln would advise caution. Commit to nothing until you know.
And if there is no time to know, then feel. What do you feel, apprentice?
Kettara doesn't know precisely what she feels, but she doesn't trust this woman. Not yet. She's no orc, bears no recognizable symbols, and she smells wrong.
But if there are a people oppressed, a world out of balance, then that is Kettara's duty to attend.
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[ Kettara's voice is carefully even, though her ears are flat to her skull and her hands tight on her weapons. Too many things have happened too quickly. If she makes a decision now, especially about going to war like this human-looking thing wants, then Kettara knows deep in her heart that there will be no going back. And she will have to live with the consequences. Master Muln would advise caution. Commit to nothing until you know.
And if there is no time to know, then feel. What do you feel, apprentice?
Kettara doesn't know precisely what she feels, but she doesn't trust this woman. Not yet. She's no orc, bears no recognizable symbols, and she smells wrong.
But if there are a people oppressed, a world out of balance, then that is Kettara's duty to attend.
She lifts her chin. ]
You will show me this war.