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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Verbatim" data-source="post: 2635325" data-attributes="member: 15549">Jorun:[sblock] Looking at his son, Commander Trask seemed to be weighing something in his mind before speaking."I have no doubt that you are doing this out of duty, but if you wish for these men to show you their true selves, you must be your true self. Too long have you walked in my shadow son, too long have you seen yourself as nothing but a Sergeant instead of Jorun. Take this time to be Jorun, and once this exploration is over, if you wish to return to garrison life then do so."Looking down at his desk, Tolliver Trask laughed softly to himself and Jorun was surprised to hear the rare sound."Once your mother asked me to run off with her to have an adventure with her, and like you now I balked at the prospect of stepping down, even if temporarily. I know it matters little now, but there are always questions a man has in his life."Shaking his head as if to clear it, the elder Trask looked at his son once more."Do not take this as anything other than a chance for you to shed the light of Heironeous without my shadow looming over you son. There is no shame in taking a leave for personal reasons, and I will see to it that the leave is not charged against you while you are away.However, I will ask that you keep your eyes on the one you called Chryse. Two years ago, his mother asked the church to perform an exorcism on him as he was speaking in a strange tongue, and several of his friends had contracted a strange illness that resisted all of our efforts to heal. Father Velias and High Pries Valkus were both in the Free City, but I felt those who remained could handle the situation. It turned out that the youth was singing in the tongue of the angels, but when two of the priests tried to bring the boy into Heironeous' light, they too came down with a sickness that ravaged their bodies so quickly there was no chance to save them.Even though I could not prove that the boy caused them to become ill, I felt that he did something to them, yet the priests swore his soul was untainted by evil. All of his life, things such as this has happened according to the reports we have from his mother. Be cautious son and always walk in the Light."[/sblock]</blockquote>

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