>>5556368You consider how to reply. You decide to…
>Reinforce the animosity between North and South—admit to the spying, and a few other things which might incense a Northern human, to create the impression of a decadent and evil South filled with evil lizardmen>Deny everything, and spin tale of a virtuous people wrongly accosted and demonized—let the story that flows forth from this meeting, if one does, be one which valorizes your people and casts suspicion upon the Green KnightBeyond that, you have a few questions of your own. Specifically, you take the opportunity to…
>Probe the man’s beliefs, about the goodness of his rulers and his gods—maybe even preach a little, about the virtues of your philosophy and faith, seeding the surface for future conversion>Turn the subject to the matter of their date, and their romantic and sundry other cultural traditions—after all, you are here with your beautiful wife, and you know little of human courtship rituals or domestic life>Ask more about the rumours swirling around the Green Knight, and how the Paladin King and Archmage of the Hawksong Wizard Tower—as you understand it, the two greatest authorities in this land—have been reacting to his presence and his claims>Ask about the settlement below, where this man and woman are presumably from—what is it called, what is it like… How many people live there, how well is it defended…?All the while, your mind is turning to how you will deal with these humans when discourse is done. At present, your first instinct is to…
>Let them loose, to spread their impression of you>Kill then, to keep their silence>Capture them, for study and experimentation, or to serve you as slaves