She almost understood, close enough for not having much to go on.
"My father gave me the hood. It was taken from my last hunt before we set off on this foolish campaign to aid your false queen."
It was not a pleasant thing to remember or speak about.
"It is more than a name, White Snake is a...
She could not be serious he thought.
White Snake had heard of the notorious infidelity of the Elflings. There are several jokes told among his kind of it. Not that it was an entirely unappealing notion, Tyrnael was comely in a sharp sort of way.
"Huh!"
Turning away from the door White Snake...
After a long moment thinking White Snake put the cup down and stood up, keeping his eyes on Tyrnael.
"I bear you no I'll will. I would have done the same in your position but then, if my Father had followed a false king I would have killed him myself or died trying."
Walking to the window he...
'I see. So you're mother helped the Usurper."
Sucking in through his teeth he gave a short chuckle.
"That must be hard to live down. I think I understand why your sister chose silence."
Inspecting another weapon he put it next to the other, in the pile that he deemed unsatisfying.
"My job is...
For his part White Snake had been examining the weapons and quarters, a bit lost in time.
"Good."
He had removed his silken shirt, it itched him.
"There's a huge problem in my way here."
He sat on the floor where the weapons were arranged in order of practicality.
"The secret to fighting...
Perhaps, White Snake thought to himself, there is something to be found here among his enemies turned patrons.
"I will retire now."
He flexed his hand, the small wound closed under the blood. dark and red melting together.
"I will await you there."
Turning on he bid the guard he had been...
"Good, good."
With visible effort White Snake pushed the chair away from the table and stood on legs that still trembled under his malnutrition.
"My conditions then..."
He made his way slowly around the table bare feet on cold cut stone and trying not to look as tired as he felt.
"In these...
Grissle stuck in his teeth and he picked at it with a nail.
"Hmm. That's a tempting offer. Room, food and a measure of freedom."
He took another bite and washed it down.
"I have questions and maybe a condition or two."
She waited, he took his time.
"You give me the position of weapon master...
White Snake ate, leaving no crumbs, no morsel untouched by his tooth. It was good, he favoured the breads and cheese mostly.
"Water!"
He said quickly. Putting the wine away. Drinking was for when things were done.
By the time Tyrnael and he entourage entered he was eating heartily and he...
It took his a few long moments to be hauled from the put but the scrubbing was more than welcome. The wine however he drank sparingly, just enough to wet his mouth and sooth his throat.
If this was supposed to make him malleable it was not working. Still White Snake did not complain. Being...
Part of him wanted to spit her offer back at her but his mouth was dry and the very idea of food was too necessary for his starving body to ignore. He did recognize her though, she was the one who routed his forces sent to aid Shay Tirlocc. He knew it was a bad idea from the start. Elfling...
At the end of the first day he stopped missing the light.
At the end of the second day he was too hungry and thirsty to think properly.
By the end of the third day he was wondering how long had passed unable to parse the time in the infinite darkness of the cell.
Cell was a generous word, it...
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