there's light at the edge of the darkness
Well. That was a big ass snake. However, it didn’t seem to be in great shape. Indeed, Loren frowned as he took in its weakened state. At Adam’s question, though, the summoner gave the dark-haired man a quizzical look. Why he was asking the Launceleyn, of all people, he couldn’t say. However, before he got a chance to respond, the queen and then the bard were speaking. Actually, it turned out that speaking was all they were doing. That was fine for now, but they probably didn’t want to stick around for long.
Alright, well, there was literally nothing that Loren could do here. It was up to Jigano (for now at least), though the summoner imagined that Wessex would have quite a few strong feelings about the whole ‘no ascended’ thing. So while the summoner stayed quiet as the bard did his thing, Loren prayed to any god that might be listening that they could still avoid a fight.
However, if the snake was actually sentient—the way the white-haired man was speaking indicated it really was—then perhaps they could negotiate with it. Indeed, there could be something that Loren, and Loren alone could do. After all, there might be something it wanted more than denying Wessex and the rest of the Ascended access to the portal. The portal they still needed to confirm was actually working properly. It sured looked impressive enough, being a giant column of light, but that didn't really mean anything to him, since he'd never actually seen a portal before.
So in the interest of keeping the peace a little while longer, and seeing if everyone could get what they wanted here, he did the only thing he could think of. ”Will you accept healing in exchange for safe passage to the portal for the Ascended?” There didn’t seem to be any reason that Loren couldn’t speak to it, if it was capable of understanding speech. Self-preservation was a powerful force, one that might trump even the most sacred of duties.
Loren offers to heal the snake in exchange for safe passage for the Ascended. If it accepts in a way he understands, he will heal it.
Alright, well, there was literally nothing that Loren could do here. It was up to Jigano (for now at least), though the summoner imagined that Wessex would have quite a few strong feelings about the whole ‘no ascended’ thing. So while the summoner stayed quiet as the bard did his thing, Loren prayed to any god that might be listening that they could still avoid a fight.
However, if the snake was actually sentient—the way the white-haired man was speaking indicated it really was—then perhaps they could negotiate with it. Indeed, there could be something that Loren, and Loren alone could do. After all, there might be something it wanted more than denying Wessex and the rest of the Ascended access to the portal. The portal they still needed to confirm was actually working properly. It sured looked impressive enough, being a giant column of light, but that didn't really mean anything to him, since he'd never actually seen a portal before.
So in the interest of keeping the peace a little while longer, and seeing if everyone could get what they wanted here, he did the only thing he could think of. ”Will you accept healing in exchange for safe passage to the portal for the Ascended?” There didn’t seem to be any reason that Loren couldn’t speak to it, if it was capable of understanding speech. Self-preservation was a powerful force, one that might trump even the most sacred of duties.
Loren offers to heal the snake in exchange for safe passage for the Ascended. If it accepts in a way he understands, he will heal it.
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