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Message: <blockquote data-quote="InVinoVeritas" data-source="post: 4410965" data-attributes="member: 41485">Ciaran thinks a moment, silent in his brooding way. "It can be tough to commit to a course of action," he begins. "We risk death, but if we die before we find and free the others, then there may be little point to our sacrifice." "But..." he considers, "I am concerned about what happened in the temple this time. We stayed in the bowels when we felt outclassed, because you wanted a prisoner. I cast a web, then my sparks, to slow and soften up some guards for the taking. Yet, once all was done... you, and we, ran. Sometimes, I wonder if you are trying to catch a guard to learn more about their prisoners, or if you simply expect it to be done for you." "Nothing is certain, and we all risk death every time we enter the compound. Yet we do it again and again because we have decided it needs to be done. We could have abandoned you to that infernal wizard from before, but we returned to save you. We were lucky that he was just playing with us. But we did not rely on luck to make our decisions." Ciaran sighs. "All I ask is next time, be willing to follow through with opportunity. If you want a prisoner, take one. You may die in the process, but that is the way with us all. Certainly, if we run every time, only to fight when we are safe, we will never find our quarry. We will never find... her."</blockquote>