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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Neurotic" data-source="post: 9585043" data-attributes="member: 24380">[OOC]This comes after all the questions are answered since I don't want to sour the relationship, Maur wants to guide, not to coerce, but it may still come across as wrong <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />[/OOC] Maur considers the creature for the moment, speaking suddenly very quietly."I want you to consider your words very carefully, zelekhut."He intentionally doesn't use Rikirons name."Free will is a heavy burden, heavier than the chains you wield. You are now not bound by duty, but your own choice. Your. Own. the Gloom is a place where the immortal may fail just as well as we mortals, and you step back, away from its grasp. Every soul, whether mortal or eternal, is shaped upon the forge of our choices. Fear is not what holds a being back - it is the weight of knowing a choice cannot be undone. That is neither weakness nor failure - it is a choice, and choice is what shapes the soul, or being, especially for one such as you. Even the smallest stroke of the hammer shapes the blade. Even the slightest effort can alter fate. If I tasked you with the fight, it would be easy, no choice required. When you have a choice and choose to put yourself at risk for greater good, that's what makes you powerful."He folds his arms, locking joints clicking and metal sliding along the metal not unlike the sound inevitable makes when it moves."You have done what was asked, and more with destroying the vrock. But I ask you this - when all paths are perilous, what is the measure of a being? It is not in surviving, but in deciding what is worth risking survival for. Even a minor act of aid - a diversion, a message, a single strike - could tilt the tide of battle in our favor."Maur takes a deep breath, unfolding his arms and taking out his silver hammer."You have given us knowledge, and that is a blessing, mission accomplished. But when you return to your kind, I ask you to think - if your purpose is law and justice, does it end at duty, or is there room for choice in service to the greater good? In the silence of your watchful hours, meditate upon this - does duty alone make you, or does the will to act beyond it? You, after all, are not a golem."Striking the small hammer upon the shield marked with holy symbol of Moradin his voice changes to deep drone of a blessing."May the All-Father bless you, as stone blesses steel with its unyielding form. May The Forge Master temper your resolve, that it never wavers, may The Soulforger watch over your steps, that they may find purpose in the path you choose. The Forge Master keep your essence whole, that you may remain a force of order in a world of chaos. Go now with wisdom and strength."</blockquote>

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