Thanee said:
After a moment contemplating over a few words, Zoe whispers: “Don't forget me!”
Then she turns to the guardian again.
“I grant thee thy freedom, guardian. From this moment forth, thy bonds shalth be lifted!”
Zoe's words hang heavily in the hushed air for a long moment and then, silently, the subtle shadows lingering around the doorway and guardian melts away like morning dew before the sun, leaving the hallway dim still, but startlingly normal in a way it
hadn't been.
She holds breath, and waits for the chains of Shamiq's
geas to fall upon her instead, but nothing happens. She feels the same as she always does, unfettered by the unnatural compulsion of a spell.
The creature looks surprised, then delighted as it flexes its claws and wings tentatively, as if testing the boundaries of some unseen cage and finding them gone. A look of gratitude appears on its face and it smiles toothily, bowing low at Zoe's feet. "Thou hast my eternal gratitude, lady, for daring to extend thyself in altruism in a place that has none," it rumbles humbly. "I thank you from the bottom of mine heart." It hesitates a moment, then adds in a self-conscious tone, "...It pains me to impose further, but I have one more favor to ask of thee, lady, if thou permits it?"
