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Last night before the Sea, you lay on your cot, looking up at the sky. The light rains of the last few days have given way to a clear sky, full of stars.
Not all of them are evil.
Perhaps.
You can’t deny that even treacherous as some of them may be, the night dome is astounding.
There is no need to mount guard in Madua. There are no monsters, no bandits, no dangers. Only the light night wind caressing the silvery grass and the faint damp smell of black earth.
You still decided to take turns, better get right into the habit as you are about to leave.
So you have time to think.
You wouldn’t like to, but—
“Couldn’t sleep?” Someone sits next to you. “Me neither,” Salicera says. You find the way her shirt falls over her naked shoulder a bit distracting, but you refrain from saying anything.
“I was just thinking.”
“Bad habit,” she chuckles, her hand reaching for a strand of your hair and shifting it away from your forehead.
You know why she’s here.
“This is the last night we can spend alone. Us four, I mean… alone. The other two are asleep.” She bites her lip. “Now that I am here I feel less boisterous than before. The last few days have made me… uneasy. About telling this. I fear your reaction, Argia,” she confesses, laying next to you on the grass. She looks up, lifts a hand and slowly clenches it, as if grasping at something only she can see. “I’m afraid you will never see me the same way.”
She turns on her elbow to look at you.
“You pressed for this, and I really want to tell you. You are the only person I can tell you the truth. Are you truly ready for it? I can… I believe I can wait for the end of this mission if you truly need it.”
You look deep into Salicera’s brown and grey eyes…
>This is the night.>You don't really need to know.Well, isn't this a night of portents. I had imagined this moment would happen right at the end of previous thread, but as always quests have a life of their own. This is a really important vote of course. Wonder how Argia will react to the truth... or at least the closest thing to the truth. Thanks for playing!>>6110182>we gotta fix Salicerayou are still in time.
