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-I heard a stick break under some foot nearby. I turned to look at the source of it.
[???] "Not... oft th... I do that."
I heard a gravelly... rough voice... that sounded sickly. It was coming from a silhouette between the trees I saw. A roughly feminine one. Around my size. It sported two... jagged horns, and stared with spiritless eyes at me.
[???] "You should not b-...b-vhe here... ve hhhhate Outsiders- ...like yoouhhh. Beasts shouhld be left... well alone."
'Then forgive my intrusion. I was just leaving.'
[???] "Hah... huuaharhh... nobody can."
'I can, however. I have more ways to travel than just on foot.'
[???] "Is that... shhooo? Then... you vuld be hard prey... catch for me. God... god like me, you are."
'I am.'
[???] "God or not, still hate your presssenccce. Can't ever... just not bug us... can't you Out-si-ders?! Hggnnnrrr..."
'On the contrary, I meant not to 'bug', but learn."
[???] "Our weakness...?"
'If we consider 'weakness' not as a deficiency, but rather in another context you've perhaps never heard of.'
[???] "You thhhink... that we can be... helll... helped."
'I think everyone can. Even someone like the Emperor.'
[???] "GGRHHHHRRR...!" She growled at the mention of Him.
[???] "Vell... WE CAN'T! Jhu are wasssting your time... here. Should just go now. Leavvvvve. Leave, go." She said, dismissing me with a wave of her claw, urging I show myself out; "Can do nothinnng for us... no one can. If jhu only knew our sssstory..."
I crossed my arms at the figure - 'I'm willing to listen.'
[???] "Hhrggnnrrr..."
[MORWENNA] "You... hhrrwwwwish to hear... of Beasts.... and the ssssqualor of this County... from its last Countesssss...? Our scars of faithlessnesssss...? The SICKNESS infecting... the Thorn Blight?! From a... hideous creature like me...?! A once proud woman... now reduced to bloodthirst and sssself-loathing...? Very... well... but zzzhu will hear nothing... you like."
She stepped closer to me. Now I could make out the Beast Goddess somewhat... I made out her striped purple gown, torn to shreds, and her claws. Her flesh was scabby, and I saw it had been split, revealing the muscle below. What was left of her real skin outside had hardened into something leathery, like armor. Her skull was not like it used to be. It was a maw lined with teeth. She had brown fur, like a true monster.
True to her words, she was an abhorrent creature...
(Morwenna's patience: 3 questions.)
>What will I ask the Beast Goddess?
• "Tell me the grand story of Blickery and the Beastkin."
• "Tell me about the so-called Beastlord, Count Morgrim. Your brother."
• "Why is the Sun fading close to here? Why can't your home see the Sun?"
• "Tell me about the Thorn Blight."
• "Why do you hate the mention of Huangdi so much? What did the scumbag do to you?"
• "Why do you hate yourself so much?"
• "What's so wrong with Outsiders?"
• "Are you allied to the Dark Lord?"
• "What caused the Curse of the Lost? And how do I lift it?"
