>>5218440>>5218443Limping over to Farnese, you pick up the pointiest rock you could find and scratch at her wristplates.
"Wh-What do you think you're doing?" She jumps after hearing the scratching of rocks on her.
"Get your hands away from the commander, freak!" The soldiers point their weapons at you just as you were about to finish your rune markings on Farnese's armor.
"There we go, now you know what to look out for. If you see a tent with one of these, keep searching for more, eventually you'll find a safe spot." The last touch on the indentation makes it shine over the scratch marks, making sure she would not forget the sign you placed on the camp.
"Burn bright, Farnese. Be the lighthouse they expect you to be, just this one last time."
She gulps as she listens to your words of encouragement, Azan lights a torch to illuminate the dark settlements of the fields. Noticing how a few of them backed off, you realize that the spirit's dying fear of sunlight could even scare them of anything that seemed to emanate the same properties of the ball of fire present during the day.
"Wait, I know somebody who could be useful here." You instruct Gunpowder to be Farnese's mount, she already has your sword, might as well have the horse for an extra safety measure."
'Do not like woman. She smells of musk.'
"There'll be plenty of danger for you to enjoy when she rides you, just remember that she's not a good fighter, so don't be doing any onf the acrobatics you're used to performing with me."
'Second time human abandon me to fight strong enemy. Third time will not exist.'
"You are the most stubborn horse I could ever work with..."
"Are you... making voices for your horse?"
"Wha-? No, why would I do that?"
'Vlad is sad little man.'
Shaking your head, you push your horse to follow her as she switches seats. The push being enough to make you wobble and hit the floor, if it weren't for Serpico to be there for the catch.
"Be it with you or against you, protecting you is always on my to-do list... Why don't you sit this one out with Isidro?"
"What a loser! Is this the guy who Guts said I had to beat to even stand a chance against him? Well, consider me a pro already!" Isidro lights a torch and ignores your pain as he plays keep-away with a shadow emerging from the dark.
