>>5213276“You’re the Degenerate who came back from the surface, yes?” he asks, brusque with authority.
“Yes,” you acknowledge, as you must.
“There is no realistic way for you to have attained all the loot you brought with you, and to tame those creatures,” he says. It is NOT a question.
You say nothing. What can you say? But then he reaches to snatch the diadem from your forehead.
“These items should eb relinquished to those who deserve them, not poisoned by association with human filth. They belong to real Reptilians!”
You stand up automatically, dodging the clumsy grab, but this merely draws his anger. His friends watch, not helping him nor calling him off—they are dispassionate, as is proper for your people, but plainly amused and interested in how this plays out.
What do you do?
>Put this foolish male in his place, as you once did Roth, with your savage wit and a succinct summary of all that you (not he) have accomplished and been acknowledged for[intimidation]
>Apologize for any offence you caused and TRY to talk him out of his demands to take your magical diadem… But surrender it if you must [politesse]>Kick his pure-blooded behind with your surface-honed martial arts—he WILL not humiliate you like this, after you’ve come so far and proven yourself to the Serpent priests and Dark Gods themselves! [melee]>Flee—displaying cowardice, and weakness, but avoiding a confrontation and hurrying along to the fleshweavers [stealth to avoid pursuit]>Write-in 