[Huh? Why should he care about that? She's surprised to see him so interested.]
You know, utilizing the orphans they take in as subjects for their dark arts practices in secret, because they won't be missed. Testing spells, creating monsters, all manner or dark works conducted in secret.
I heard my share of rumors before. No shortage of them, especially for someone who studied at the church as I did. Then we were tasked with escorting some orphan children through the Wilds to be sheltered in their care.
I bring it up only because someone who would have barged in unprepared would have never been heard from again. Some things are hard to resist, but I'll still look before I leap.
[She looks at him curiously, as if surprised to see him care so much about anything at all, especially something she did not think was so important.] One of their devout knights templar got curious, so the Granville Church decided to have her purged.
... We stepped out to rescue her, and upon her release, she spilled all the little secrets she'd discovered. That got the children that were there out of immediate trouble.
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You know, utilizing the orphans they take in as subjects for their dark arts practices in secret, because they won't be missed. Testing spells, creating monsters, all manner or dark works conducted in secret.
Don't sound so surprised.
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[He starts, stops - the furrow of his brow descends, a grimace crossing his face.]
Did you see this? Why bring it up?
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I bring it up only because someone who would have barged in unprepared would have never been heard from again. Some things are hard to resist, but I'll still look before I leap.
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[He's actually silent at that, almost...a little distant, as if he's thinking about something.]
What happened to them? The children?
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... We stepped out to rescue her, and upon her release, she spilled all the little secrets she'd discovered. That got the children that were there out of immediate trouble.
Who knows what happened after that.
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[Somehow seems....a little less tense?]
I suppose they're not the only ones under such circumstances.