>>5886542>>5886544>>5886545>>5886550>>5886553>>5886557>>5886562>>5886587>>5886597“..Very well, Lady Sigrid.” You decide it best to place your trust in your master. You take a deep breath and turn around–and, for good measure, you shut your eyes.
You hold your breath as you do. You feel the gentle rustling of grass about your sabots, the lapping of the sea breeze on your face. You feel everything falling silent about you as something behind you stands up. You hear the gentle creak of bone and flesh, a thrum of fingers around wood. You hear your lady’s short, sharp gasps.
>”Have off thy helm from thine head.” Leshy’s voice rings in your head “And have here thy pay.” You hear the swing of steel as it cuts through the air–the squelch of flesh and spatter of liquid against skin–and then a thud as it cleaves the sea. You continue to hold your breath in wait.
>"Boy.” Leshy’s voice commands. “Turn around. Take a look at your master. See what she really is." 