"I am sure you'll have plenty of opportunity to practice your trade. I'm glad to know you have such magic. Since the War ended, I've served with units that were not used to our kind, and had only meat healers. It was a hardship that had to be endured. Fortunately..."
He thunks a three-tined hand on his chestplate.
"...I am not easy to damage. But I think giants will be up to the task."
(hee...Dread's Int 10...but I play it as not stupid, just kind of slow. He gets to the right conclusion, but his mind is like his body...slow, ponderous, but hard to stop.

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