[Set’s promise cannot bring Liem any true relief, but it does inspire a pang of wistful desire in him: a longing to have all this behind them, because he hates how precarious it all feels. Despite the forbidden little thrill he might feel during a hunt, warfare has only ever settled uneasily in his guts.]
There is something I must hide there. A spell focus of sorts.
[They don’t have the time for him to justify explaining where he got it and why he’s on this errand, and he’s not sure he should in any case. Though he doesn’t doubt Set’s loyalty to him or to their shared goals, he has never been entirely able to forget the times when Zenith has compelled cooperation from him in the past. He doesn’t wish to have this venture murdered in the cradle.]
I will tell you more later, if you wish. For now, the less attention there, the better.
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There is something I must hide there. A spell focus of sorts.
[They don’t have the time for him to justify explaining where he got it and why he’s on this errand, and he’s not sure he should in any case. Though he doesn’t doubt Set’s loyalty to him or to their shared goals, he has never been entirely able to forget the times when Zenith has compelled cooperation from him in the past. He doesn’t wish to have this venture murdered in the cradle.]
I will tell you more later, if you wish. For now, the less attention there, the better.