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>Skip unnecessary details
>8 to seduce the young guardsman
You skip over the details that are <span class="mu-i">really</span> just speculation on your part. Sure, you bear the tattoo markings of an honored goblin broodmother who has given a tribe thirteen children, and you carrying the piercings of a breeding slave goblins took from the surface, but you don't know for sure how long it's been since you were abducted. Studying illusion magic makes you the sort of woman who doesn't take for granted that what she sees is really the truth; circumstance can lie.
So as the young man guides you back to his village, you tell him the facts and only the facts, and avoid concealing anything important. The loot you found is not so important, but the dead goblins, your journey through caverns to the hotsprings, and your encounter with the massive wolf are all things that you share with him. Of course, as you tell him your tale, you make sure to keep his arms nestled in the valley of your bosom.
Unfortunately, he seems to be the sort of pure hearted lunkhead who doesn't notice that sort of behavior.
Somehow that makes him even cuter than he already is.
"Oh, you encountered Fenris!" Örjan - that's the young outrider's name - seems excited when you mentioned the giant wolf. "That's an auspicious sign. He guards the southern pass into the Labyrinth from monsters and surface dwellers who stink of avarice, but he normally hides himself amongst the snow. If you saw him sleeping, he wanted you to see him sleeping. I bet a lovely lady like yourself could have gone up to him and rubbed him on the nose."
Given that your greed for medicinal herbs is the reason you got abducted, you're not so sure. Would that make you stink of avarice to the wolf? You give Örjan a smile, and say, "I'm sure you're right."
"Oh, I'm sure of it," Örjan says with so much cheer that your dour mood cannot help but evaporate. "I saw Fenris on my vision quest, I did! He looks scary, but he knows good from evil well. He's really just a big fluffball who loves belly rubs like any other wolf hound, just bigger and fluffier!"
You're not quite sure if he should be talking about his tutelary spirit like that.
But that's not your business.
As you approach the village gates, still clinging to Örjan's side, the envious looks of his fellow guardsmen confirm that the young outrider's lack of a response to your open flirtation comes from his personality. Like Örjan, both men have white hair and wolf ears, though they seem to be more seasoned wolves than him. Less boyishly cute, more rugged and handsome.
"Looks like you caught yourself a surface dweller, Örjan!" one of them says with a chuckle. He eyes your tattoos for a moment, his expression growing a bit more complicated. "She a rescue from some goblins you found? I know you're talented, boy, but you really should come back to the village for backup if you find a nest..."
