Laucian Arranis Amaravan III
At the goblin's guttural utterance, Laucian looks up from his cleaning, disgust written all over his face when he sees the beast pointing in the direction of the trail. "What is it saying? Follow the trail?" He rolls his eyes. "I could have told you that. Did it say anything useful? How many other goblins there are, perhaps, or how far Gundren and Sildar were taken? Anything at all about what we can expect to encounter?"
Laucian almost hopes the goblin doesn't talk. If it gives them useful information, he will be honor bound to allow it to live, and the idea of turning it loose to further ravage the countryside and harm the peasants that he is duty bound to protect turns his stomach. But the alternative would be to drag it around with them, bound and gagged, until they can turn it in to the proper authorities. Who, admittedly, will undoubtedly just kill it anyway. Still, he knows that any knowledge that will help them recover Gundren and Sildar alive will be valuable. Conflicted, he tests the edge of his rapier and stares coldly at the goblin, eyes narrowed. I need to find my friend, and that might mean I must keep you alive - especially if my companion promised you your life in exchange for the information. I am not happy about that. So by all means, please, please, you horrid little creature. Give me an excuse to kill you, you filthy beast. Any excuse that allows me to keep my honor. Let me make this world a better place.