He would think like that. She decides not to comment. Frankly, none of the adult Sisters who've taken up the sword have come to it young enough to be better than decent. For visiting the closest village and guard duty in an area that doesn't usually get more than a sketchy wanderer or two now and then, that's plenty.
"Offering services for a stretch, my buck?" Lashan considers this, narrowing her eyes. "I can't just make that decision for everyone. You were a threat to my girls and to me, yesterday, and my Sisters are not as willing to put that aside as I am. But I could pass it on. They'd ask you to swear on your intent. I don't imagine you put much stock in that." She gives a faint, sideways smile. "What can I say? We all like think of ourselves as good judges of character."
They'd call up the vrondi again and have other mind-gifted individuals present, and they probably still won't want to release that steelbride he came in with back to him unless there's a clear and present threat out there. She could arrange something in the mean time. It's better, as the saying goes, to beg forgiveness than ask permission, but she also has been going quite some distance out of her way for a random mercenary who attacked her. Lashan could lend him a blade after this is sorted.
"I heard something of what happened outside the bathhouse. You'd better continue to turn away from hostility," she continues after a moment. "A number of the girls despise you. You can defend yourself if attacked, though I don't think you will be in any serious way. Bruise them, scare them, hurt feelings, it builds character. But don't be the first to raise a hand. And I shouldn't have to say this, but have restraint. My principal concern is always for my Sisters. I would die for them." That, Lashan says plainly and without any special emphasis.
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"Offering services for a stretch, my buck?" Lashan considers this, narrowing her eyes. "I can't just make that decision for everyone. You were a threat to my girls and to me, yesterday, and my Sisters are not as willing to put that aside as I am. But I could pass it on. They'd ask you to swear on your intent. I don't imagine you put much stock in that." She gives a faint, sideways smile. "What can I say? We all like think of ourselves as good judges of character."
They'd call up the vrondi again and have other mind-gifted individuals present, and they probably still won't want to release that steelbride he came in with back to him unless there's a clear and present threat out there. She could arrange something in the mean time. It's better, as the saying goes, to beg forgiveness than ask permission, but she also has been going quite some distance out of her way for a random mercenary who attacked her. Lashan could lend him a blade after this is sorted.
"I heard something of what happened outside the bathhouse. You'd better continue to turn away from hostility," she continues after a moment. "A number of the girls despise you. You can defend yourself if attacked, though I don't think you will be in any serious way. Bruise them, scare them, hurt feelings, it builds character. But don't be the first to raise a hand. And I shouldn't have to say this, but have restraint. My principal concern is always for my Sisters. I would die for them." That, Lashan says plainly and without any special emphasis.