Mirth said:"Whose orders were those, son?" Ys-Baddaden asks their newfound prisoner. "One of these lying here? If not, I am reticent to let you go just so you can warn your leader and bring more arms to bear against us. You have given us no reason to trust your word, that is certain."
rangerjohn said:"Especially, since you fear them so much, that you attack against overwhelming odds. Both in numbers and skill."
garyh said:"The giant and the human" - the Sibeccai placed more emphasis on the first of those than the second - "are right. Surely you would know you could not hope to contend with one such as Pirythanis the Steadfast, much less he and his allies."
Rybaer said:The man pauses for a moment in thought. "Gern over there," he says, indicating the one who was crushed by Ys-Baddaden's morningstar, "he was more or less the leader here. Don't look like I'll be warning him about nuthin' again."
"Yeah, well, we kinda figured we'd have done a bit better with our bows," he says. "Thought we'd take a couple down...then the rest of you'd be easier to handle, or just run away. Gern didn't plan for contingencies too well."
Kajamba Lion said:Khajom smirks. "Well, no matter what, I suggest someone take his weapons. It's a good start." The litorian yawns and stretches.
Kajamba Lion said:Khajom watches the man walk off in his smallclothes, shaking his head. I'm not sure I'll ever understand humans—had he told the truth right away, I would've allowed him to take at least a dagger with him...
"I'm not sure what you want to do with the bodies, but we aren't moving until Pyior's through resting." Khajom says this matter-of-factly, as if he were commenting on the weather or ordering dinner at a tavern.