>>5801189Was it worth it? You’d already been traveling for days. It would take at least a few days to make it back. You’d certainly miss some of your first week of study as an Initiated Arcanist if you pressed on.
…And Pearce had almost DIED, COULD have died. You ALL could have. Your traced Muffins’ own wound with your fingers, sealing it shut with magic, and considered Pearce’s question seriously.
What WAS next?
>You returned to Hawksong—you would follow up on this lead later>You utilized Muffins’ as a sort of scent-hound, to track down the goblins and to get answers>You sought out the Ashurati, or Neme, or whatever they were, to demand they help you>Write-inAnother matter also burned in your memory, just as it burned your cheeks a little to think of it. You had no idea if Logan Pearce even remembered what he’d said,a s he fell unconscious, but…
(“Nickname’s cuter…”)
Despite your youthful appearance for your age, relative to a human, you were not naïve or ignorant. Some boys, or men now, felt… Feelings… Towards others of the same sex. It wasn’t strictly illegal in human societies in the Northwest, but it was frowned upon and regarded poorly. Among the elves, things were much the same: a race with declining numbers, and low fertility, could not entertain such fancies. Even heterosexual breeding with humans—the sort of breeding which created YOU—was seen as a betrayal of purpose to some extent among the more hardline elders. Homosexuality was… Well, a whole OTHER matter, producing NOTHING and taking TWO elves out of the breeding population if a marriage-like relationship should result.
Did you broach the subject?
>Yes, with quiet interest [You are attracted to men, if not exclusively]>Yes, to let him down easy [You are not attracted to men]>No [Your sexuality remains unfixed, Pearce romance options will not be pursued][Feel free to add write-ins as to HOW to approach the subject if you vote for either ‘yes’ option as well.]
Should go without saying, but I'll be keeping an eye on suspicious votes with a subject like this 