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Green Gale Song
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Though I kept my intentions from you until now, everything else was spoken with sincerity.
The feelings we shared, the earnest conversations we've had... I meant everything I said.
More than anything, I wish we had met under better circumstances.
But I do not regret that we met at all. For the first time, I'm going to follow my own path in life.
I shall devote myself to you, and only you, forevermore.
It's hard not to be charmed by your chivalrous words...
...But I don't think I can just act like nothing happened.
That's okay. Saint can earn your trust again with some time.
To start, why don't you go ahead and tell me about these 'Snowhunters' of yours?
At this point I think it's best if we have no secrets between us.
Of course, my lady. I'll tell you what I know.
On the surface, the Snowhunters are tasked with hunting meat to help feed the hungry.
And originally, that was all we did. But that has since changed.
They've started taking bounties. Hiring assassins to do their dirty deeds.
It stopped being about helping people, and started being about who pays the most money for their 'jobs'.
Greed and corruption rule that place now. Ever since Mittens was ousted for speaking out.
Mittens...?
She was... someone I treasured deeply. Someone who...
....
I'm sorry. It's... painful to think about. Long story short, she's no longer a part of my life.
Oh, I'm sorry to hear that.
Despite what happened, I foolishly remained a loyal lapdog for the Snowhunters.
At least... until now.
It's hard to give up everything you know, even if you know it's wrong.
It was easier to convince people to do that with Chei around...
...But Ceri is a pretty good 'Chei' herself.
I do my best.
I guess the next question is, how much do they know about me?
Like I said, we were acting on a rumor that a dragon had been sighted here.
We get enough false positives on that front that it should be trivial to convince them there's nothing here.
Do you have any idea who gave them that rumor?
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Adele Fonzarelli. Tell me. Was it a female galeacoma?
I'm afraid I don't know, mistress. They didn't consider that important enough to tell me.
That bitch. I knew she'd try something like this.
Are you sure? She wants Skif to make you a slave, not to kill you.
...I guess that's true. For her, I'm just some 'prize' for Skif to claim, and he can't exactly do that if I'm dead.
Worry not, my lady. I shall report that no dragon lives here, and collect what information I can.
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If it's too hard to trust him yet, I'll watch him for you.
...Yeah. Thanks.
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