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<blockquote data-quote="Shayuri" data-source="post: 5748407" data-attributes="member: 4936"><p>"They aren't dangerous," Vela murmurs. Something about their blind, yet unwavering, 'gaze' makes her uneasy. "They could be good laborers, if the town needs such. I suppose we can speak with the men at 'the Brig' to find out more."</p><p></p><p>The former prisoners were a complicated issue for her. Saving their lives meant they owed a debt...a debt none were equipped to pay, and that Vela had no desire to see met. Saving their lives also incurred a bond of responsibility...One did not offer a man water, only to leave him to bandits. One did not guide a man through the waste only to sit silently as a death scorpion crawled into his boot. In short, when you took responsibility for someone's life, the responsibility did not end until they were again capable of safeguarding it themselves.</p><p></p><p>Leaving them in an inn in a town beset by cursed monsters didn't sit right with Vela. But in truth, it was the best they could do. What else? Drag them alongside into the wizard's den? The inn would be safe enough for now.</p><p></p><p>The conversation between the Ur-Men and Xoria brought Vela out of her pensive introspection and sent a chill down her back. What were they saying? And how far did she trust Xoria? Might her allegiance lie with the other wizard? Or even if not, would she come to crave his power once he was bested and unleash new horrors?</p><p></p><p>With a scowl she yanked herself away and prowled out the inn door restlessly. Her fears were growing too strong, too numerous. Vela took a breath and concentrated on herself, her own body. Her heartbeat, her heat, the motion of blood, the dozen tiny little tics and flutters of muscles. The thin ache in her feet . The cool caress of a breeze through her hair. She was real. Her fears were conjurings of her imagination.</p><p></p><p>She didn't think Xoria would betray them, but if she did then Vela would fight her, as she would any other betrayer. The rescuees from the Conch had to be looked after, but the burden was not hers alone, and Xoria especially seemed to have ideas about how to deal with them. There was no shame in deferring to the wisdom of someone familiar with the land one was in. And she was presumably just telling the Ur-Men what was in store for them. That was one sacrifice Vela was prepared to make, custom be damned.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shayuri, post: 5748407, member: 4936"] "They aren't dangerous," Vela murmurs. Something about their blind, yet unwavering, 'gaze' makes her uneasy. "They could be good laborers, if the town needs such. I suppose we can speak with the men at 'the Brig' to find out more." The former prisoners were a complicated issue for her. Saving their lives meant they owed a debt...a debt none were equipped to pay, and that Vela had no desire to see met. Saving their lives also incurred a bond of responsibility...One did not offer a man water, only to leave him to bandits. One did not guide a man through the waste only to sit silently as a death scorpion crawled into his boot. In short, when you took responsibility for someone's life, the responsibility did not end until they were again capable of safeguarding it themselves. Leaving them in an inn in a town beset by cursed monsters didn't sit right with Vela. But in truth, it was the best they could do. What else? Drag them alongside into the wizard's den? The inn would be safe enough for now. The conversation between the Ur-Men and Xoria brought Vela out of her pensive introspection and sent a chill down her back. What were they saying? And how far did she trust Xoria? Might her allegiance lie with the other wizard? Or even if not, would she come to crave his power once he was bested and unleash new horrors? With a scowl she yanked herself away and prowled out the inn door restlessly. Her fears were growing too strong, too numerous. Vela took a breath and concentrated on herself, her own body. Her heartbeat, her heat, the motion of blood, the dozen tiny little tics and flutters of muscles. The thin ache in her feet . The cool caress of a breeze through her hair. She was real. Her fears were conjurings of her imagination. She didn't think Xoria would betray them, but if she did then Vela would fight her, as she would any other betrayer. The rescuees from the Conch had to be looked after, but the burden was not hers alone, and Xoria especially seemed to have ideas about how to deal with them. There was no shame in deferring to the wisdom of someone familiar with the land one was in. And she was presumably just telling the Ur-Men what was in store for them. That was one sacrifice Vela was prepared to make, custom be damned. [/QUOTE]
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