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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nzld" data-source="post: 2660090" data-attributes="member: 37407">Valeria chastises Deitrich...Valeria is incensed by the Redcap's bold statement, but she presents a calm composure... at least for the time being."We, of course, thank you for delivering these messages, but I fail to see their urgency with regard to whether we have taken our oath of covenant... unless there is more yet unspoken."Valeria pauses momentarily while she contemplates her next statement."Of more immediate concern to us is the danger you allude to, and thus, the exact details of what transpired last night. How came you upon this Faerie beast? And how did you earn its ire? You have the audacity to announce you will not fulfill your duties and deliver messages to Teneo unless safe access can be assured, yet the only danger we are aware of may very well be one that you have brought upon us yourself."Valeria eyes the Redcap coldly."Deitrich, I warn you... just as the Code recognizes you as a full magus of the Order, with all the rights and protections such recognition entitles - despite your lack of the Gift - so too are you subject to all of its laws and punishments. If we find that the danger that has befallen Teneo is in any way attributable to actions on your part that might be construed as molestation of the fey, we will surely seek the maximum possible recompense at Tribunal!"Valeria returns to a more gentile demeanor."It amuses me that you speak so of safety. Here we stand upon the ground that will be Teneo, with a well-travelled road at our doorstep, local villages not a day's journey away, and important cities just beyond the horizon. Surely there is no more danger here than at Durenmar, in the very depths of the Black Forest itself. Surely the streets of Lubeck, in which resides Ocularum, requires more caution, lest one fall victim to cutpurses and murderers. Surely the fey near Irencillia pose a more dire threat than this stag. Shall House Mercere stop visiting these covenants as well. Shall the social structure of the Order collapse because a mere Redcap was attacked by a deer?"With feigned sympathy, Valeria soothes Deitrich, "You poor girl, I can understand your fear, as you have suffered horribly at the whim of this stag. Perhaps, if you no longer have the resolve to perform your assigned duties, you might petition for a place at your Domus Magnus, and cloister yourself behind the safety of its walls."</blockquote>

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