Arialla considered this for a long moment. "What new things? Help her how?"
She stared at the buildings, so different from home. They, more even than the Spire or the wasteland around it, made clear the fact that she really was somewhere entirely unfamiliar. This, to someone who had never traveled more than ten miles from home in her life: it was terrifying. Swallowing, her mouth dry, she tried to keep her body from shaking. She didn't want Sam to notice how scared she was.
"I already serve a god, Lord Apollo. I don't think he'd be pleased with, well, any of this."
She stared at the buildings, so different from home. They, more even than the Spire or the wasteland around it, made clear the fact that she really was somewhere entirely unfamiliar. This, to someone who had never traveled more than ten miles from home in her life: it was terrifying. Swallowing, her mouth dry, she tried to keep her body from shaking. She didn't want Sam to notice how scared she was.
"I already serve a god, Lord Apollo. I don't think he'd be pleased with, well, any of this."
