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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nzld" data-source="post: 2750250" data-attributes="member: 37407">Valeria sips from her soup, then smiles to the hosts to show her appreciation for their efforts. She would prefer a more hearty meal, but she is content to suffer through the night on peasant's fare. Still, she doesn't like that this Rezini so blatantly tries to withhold something from them.After a few more sips, she speaks:"Perhaps, my good sir, you can enlighten us with more specific advice and warning. Yesterday we encountered a young man - a courier of some fashion - who told us a most fascinating tale. He spoke of having been attacked by a most ferocious beast in the woods. By all accounts this beast was but a mere stag - and the young man indeed had wounds to testify to this - but his telling was almost beyond belief. He spoke of a stag of massive proportions, and black as midnight, with a malicious cunning. I have heard tell of beasts of such magnificence only in stories, and though I find his account hard to believe, I find myself fascinated by the possibility of seeing such a creature for myself.  But alas, the young man told us even more frightening tales of men that take on the shape of wolves and prowl the night. This, I thought, on top of his already bold tale of the stag, is surely fallacy - and such I told him, to be sure, before he went on his way - but afterwards, I must confess, I found myself considering the ramifications. And the wolf cries we heard earlier this night caused me to recall his words and, I tell you, send shudders through me." She pauses a moment to eye Rezini (and his son) to judge their reactions to her words. "Do you know anything of such creatures... this stag or these man-wolves?"Valeria obstensibly returns her attention to her soup, but she keeps a close eye on her hosts.</blockquote>

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