I has come to my attention that it's apparently my birthday. Not that there's a great surplus of calendars out here in the frozen North.

Tell me, Davan, are you going to do something nice for me?

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Ah, yes, this should be a truly magnificent disaster.

My contribution of support, at least, can't be called into question.

And what next? Dragons only know. Perhaps I'll finally feel relieved of duty and go off on my own again, but oh, how I doubt it.

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Well, it would seem that we're to be arriving any day now. ( Read more... )

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It's probably a good thing that he's picking up on this so quickly. Let's be honest with ourself now, Aekaran, in all likelihood, once Lady Eve expels us from her castle, red-faced and shrieking, we will probably be joining that circuit of unwashed mercenaries. Our money is running out as it is.

And Dragons forbid I ever even ( Read more... )

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Ugh.

Why must it matter? It must be so tiring, going through life and taking responsibility for every single thing that happens along your path. Every moment is up to you, every choice that anyone makes matters.

It doesn't matter.

Nothing matters.

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Fine.

I don't believe I've ever seen so many unwashed mercenaries crammed into one room. It truly surpasses all possibility for prediction. Clearly some local noble is engaged in a war, to have summoned up such a compelling buffet of desperate sellswords.

It should not be possible to be cold and sweating at the same time. Such is the miracle of this ( Read more... )

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Well.

I hate that you're making me be the responsible one, but this has gone on quite long enough and I'm tired of waiting for you to come around on your own.

You need a plan. What is your plan, Davan?

Really, one would think you're old enough that I shouldn't have to do this.

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Every single day, it amazes me more and more that I'm still here.

It seemed like such a valid idea at first. A debt to be repaid. He saved me from the brothel, so naturally, I had to do something in return. Wasn't that just fair? The fact that the entire idea was off its rocker didn't matterAnd now, half a year later, I'm ( Read more... )

Oh, Korin, land of my youth. How I despise you.

I'd almost forgotten what it was like to walk into a town and have everyone stare at you as if you've arrived from the moons with a bag of stars over your shoulder. Yes, believe it or not, people do exist beyond the borders of your snowing little scrap of stale bread. Carry onI don't think anyone has ( Read more... )

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Now, isn't this fun?

By day, we trudge though snow and ice and slush until our toes are about to freeze off. By night, we stop, at an inn when we're lucky, and by the side of the road when we're not, and we get to read about the happy wedding of woman that we're crossing the world for you to see. And looking fairly blissful with ( Read more... )

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I have to wonder, as genuinely exciting as this all is, do you have a plan once we get there?