>>5632458Wandering around the camp at night, you stumble upon Yara. The woman was alone, huddled by a small fire for warmth. You recall her words of warning, right before the entire nightmare in Ordelia started. Figuring you were owed some sort of explanation, you take a seat next to the Duscan woman and keep her company.
“Commander.” Yara says curtly. She’s smoking something out of her usual pipe. The smell of strong Duscan spices wafts over to you and causes you to wrinkle your nose a bit.
>“Are you faring well after the battle, Yara?”“About as well as I can, given everything that’s happened. I thought when my people were slaughtered by the Knights of Faerghus, that it would be the worst thing I’d ever witnessed. What I saw in Ordelia though was a close contender. Ordinarily, I’d say that the evil that humans are capable of know no bounds, though I have a sneaking suspicion those responsible for what we saw were not human, correct?”
>You nod. “Far from it. When you came across those dead ravens in the road, did you know what we were about to encounter?”Yara shakes her head. “I only knew that a great travesty lay in store for us. As you can plainly see, I was not wrong. An entire city turned against itself, slaughtering their own friends and family. And now, many of our own brothers and sisters are buried outside that city, after being torn apart and ripped to shreds on all sides by Demonic Beasts.” She takes a puff of her pipe and stares into the fire. “The omens do not lie. At least we were fortunate that the damage inflicted upon us was not any worse.”
>“And how would diverting our course have even helped?” You question Yara’s reasoning. “Ordelia had gone to hell far before we even got on the road. What good would having taken an extra day to get there have done? Perhaps things may have been even worse had we allowed Diogenes more time to consolidate his grip over the city.”Yara shrugs. “There’s no use in thinking about it now. The reality where we could have gone a different route is long past us. It’s possible we may have found ourselves presented with different choices; ones that would have spared our comrades from their grim fate. But there’s no longer any use in fretting about it now. Rather than looking back at the past, better we stare towards the future.”
You sigh. Easy for her to say. She’d likely be claiming those omens came true one way or another, you thought. As if sensing your frustration, she chimes in once more.
“I take no issue with your leadership, Commander. In fact, I believe that it was the strength of the company, as well as your leadership, that allowed us to prevail. Still, if there’s anything that I have faith in more than you or the Blackwings, it is the premonitions that the spirits of Duscur offer me.”
>“Would that they were not always so damn vague..” 