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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jfdlsjfd" data-source="post: 9596046" data-attributes="member: 42856">The next morning, we're woken up at dawn for breakfast at the officer's table. Tobias is there, and offers to share a glass of watered down wine and a slice of (stale?) bread. He mentions he's pride to have a nice breakfast, without those overripe fruits and greasy meats that the locals enjoy so much. He commits several instances of bigotry against said local, two counts of cruelty toward an animal (his dog, which he kicks and spits at)...Is the book subtly trying to tell us he is a bad guy? Probably the sight of a servant being impaled in the nearby courtyard wasn't evidence enough? The writing is often nice, but sometimes less is more. Well, it is aimed at 12-15 years old, so maybe they needed to overdo it. ... and finally asks what is our quest.Honestly at this point I am not tempted to reveal that we are looking for fragments of the Bloodsword, especially since Evil runs in the family and we killed his brother who was also looking to acquire the scabbard in the previous book. The choices are between spilling the beans about our secret quest, deny an answer by saying we're on a secret quest, or just say we're looking for adventure.Since this last one is probably a hint for a side quest, it's probably also the best choice. He sternly tells us that we join, pro bono, the patrolling duty of his militia since we need to have an objective in our heart before the Enemy puts one there for us. Since disagreeing sounds unwise, we accept gladly.He summons Sir Balian, a young officer commanding today's patrol, who look at us quizzically, and leaves to attend more important matters.As we get ready to go, Sir Balian sigh and adds that there is no rush, and mentions that his way of doing thing is much different from the commander. He beckons a slave over and order for us a breakfast of roast goose, fresh baked bread, fruits and piping hot coffee. We get 1 HP from it (Salvia rolls another 6 on the healing roll, so that's a total of 5 HP for Winny, back to 21, breakfast included). Late in the morning, we get ready for a stroll.Balian is a nice chap, and his men love him. I do, too.As we patrol, we see some kind of commotion. We're offered the choice to intervene, but since we're here to learn, and we're jerks, we won't do anything. We see a scuffle between two beggars, Balian intervenes to separate them and he gets in slight knife cut doing that. Despite the wound not seeming that bad, the patrol is canceled as Balian needs to visit a doctor. He mentions that Emeritus is a very wise healer, perhaps the most knowledgeable man in the whole Outremer. Emeritus treats our newfound friend, orders him to spend a few days of bedrest and send him back to the knight temple for rest. He waves us over and hopes we'll meet again.Emeritus ushers us in a curtained alcove and say "I recognize that scabbard and hilt you're carrying... It's from the Sword of Life, isn't it?" So, the items that cause us instant death if we drop them for whatever reason, the item that several NPCs in the past tried to steal from us, the items that are evidence of our super-duper-secret quest to save the world by preventing the return of the True Magi on year 1,000, the items we didn't dare to talk about to the Very Holy Sir Tobias de Vantery for fear of telling too much of our quest, these items, we're carrying IN THE OPEN for anyone to see? Wow. WIS 3, indeed, we are. </blockquote>

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