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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Megan Voss" data-source="post: 5653006" data-attributes="member: 6679267"><img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/members/megan-voss-albums-hera-off-war-thread-picture1483-hera.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />:  Alden tried for small talk as he lifted her down the stairs.  She couldn't blame him.  Things had gotten very strange, very quickly in the past hour.  Truth was, she wasn't sure she was ready for just a normal conversation just yet.  Her mind was still full of danger, smoke, mephits, and mages.  She managed a meager reply,"Sometimes.  I ask myself that same question."She didn't smile.  Not even after they had seen to her wounds and recovered her sight.  Granted, her eyes and lungs still burned from the ash and smoke, but it was a small price to pay for getting everyone out alive.  It even sounded like the half-elf had managed an escape as well.She sat on the ground now, in a bad temperment, and trying to ignore the crowd of onlookers.  Adrenaline still leaving her, headache in full swing, and alien blood still wet on her sword.  Hera couldn't help but notice that she no longer smelled very good either.  Fighting in a burning tower did that to you, I suppose.  Left you smelling like a campfire.  Her hair would suffer from that for days.She hadn't learned much either.  The artifact she had come seeking was no longer in a convient place setting.  Either destroyed, misplaced, or carried on the mages person now.  The poor Paladin hadn't much choice.  She would need to continue forward in pursuit of the elf.  Which meant accompanying these strange "soldiers" for an even greater duration than was previously suppected.Hera kicked a rock across the ground and cursed under her breath.  Her God was playing with her still.  This quest could go on for weeks.  Months even.  ...Oh gosh?  Maybe even years."I can't allow that.  Perhaps it's time I learned my limits.  Whatever small trinket the village required is now long lost to them.  I will return and declare the deed to be done.  Like it or not.  I'm getting out while I still can."The large amazon rose to her feet and shouldered her blade.  She was content to leave the merry band of soldiers to their Gods end.  Disappearing into the crowd and then onto the road beyond.Her part in this grand story was over.  But for the rest...  It was only the beginning.ooc: dropping from thread.</blockquote>

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