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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cerebral Paladin" data-source="post: 3074936" data-attributes="member: 3448">And so, a few days later Ilsbet was meeting Dame Brionna and brandishing her kitchen knife at the knight.“Ilsbet!” said the prioress sharply.  “Dame Brionna is a Knight of Valor and the Captain-Presumptive of the Archducal Guard.  She would never try to enslave you.”Dame Brionna noted that Ilsbet held the knife somewhat awkwardly.  She had to restrain herself from drawing her sword and knocking it out of the child’s hand, because she was sure that the grip would not hold against an actual attack.  But she also noticed that the girl’s left-hand was carefully raised with its fingers curled in a peculiar way.  Dame Brionna was almost certain that in an actual fight, the child would rely on spells, not her knife.  “I would never enslave anyone.  Slavery violates the law of Glor’diadel and of the Archduchy, and I have spent much time fighting against the slavers that menace the refugees from my homeland in the South Kingdoms.”Ilsbet paused.  “You are from the South Kingdoms?”“Yes, although it has been many years since my family fled.”Ilsbet nodded.  “We fled Seareach when the rats came.  That was a long time ago.”The prioress smiled at the détente, although she would have been happier if Ilsbet sheathed her knife instead of simply lowering it.  They had tried so hard to convince the refugee that she did not need the knife with her here, but Ilsbet would not hear of it.  “As I believe you can surmise, we think that Ilsbet’s skills may be better used in the service of the Archduchy than here.  She puts a great strain on our discipline, and yet she has such potential…”Dame Brionna held up her holy symbol and concentrated.  She disliked the slight sneer on Ilsbet’s face at the sun disc but nodded nonetheless.  “We can work with her, if she’s willing.”Ilsbet nodded.  She then turned to Jacques and pointed the tip of her blade at his chest.  “If you try to rape me, I will kill you.”“Deal,” responded Jacques.Ilsbet nodded again and sheathed her knife.  The two nuns visibly relaxed.  Sister Charity, relieved of the burden of her ward, said, “I assume this is to do with the Reverend Mother?”“The Reverend Mother?” asked Dame Brionna.  “What about her?”Sister Charity’s eyes widened behind her veil.  “You didn’t know?  She was slaughtered in the Chapel this morning.  I thought that was what you wanted to investigate…”</blockquote>

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