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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Guilt Puppy" data-source="post: 594758" data-attributes="member: 6521">(For continuity, I'm assuming Merrim followed Exantrius out, as you mentioned she wanted to book her own room -- I'll assume the initial reactions were said before he left, but he is intent on letting you discuss this amongst yourselves.)He pulls his cheeks tight, almost wincing at the question. "I would not hazard a guess as to his motivations... But let me say that the path of the good and true is not forever a clear one, and that there are times when one's lust for what is right may cast in false light a darker path.""It is true that he has fallen, but it is less certain that he knows that... In which case he would be a more dangerous foe yet, bolstered by the power of belief. For it is true that good is stronger than evil, but only for the fact that the righteous see no end to the strength they can muster, where others may stop short out of fear for themselves and their self-interest..."He pauses to cough hard into his hand, then stands still for a moment, seeming to waver."In the end, when a battle ensues between two men who believe themselves good and true, the outcome is left often to Fate. Unless there remains in one so much as a grain of doubt, or of knowing... In which case no army can return the scales to balance, and the most pure of heart will prevail.""But all of this is dire talk, my lady... Tell me of your life and of your trials, and know that if they seem minor or mundane they will still please my ear."(Off again for the night: Merrim, you get your room for six silver, as does he... Back in the bar, the 'tender is clearing out the drunks, but has made no attempt to get your party to leave.)</blockquote>

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