Forest
[color=006d5b]"How do you know everything would be better if we hadn't helped out? What if those elves had gone up there and just killed everyone if we hadn't interfered? Would that be better than just one person dying?"[/color] Matilda responded. [color=006d5b]"Not every situation can be resolved peacefully, and that fucking sucks. But the best path is the one with the fewest casualties, and this way has had only one. Sure, no deaths would be better, but maybe there wasn't an option that ended like that. We can't know that."[/color]
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Road
Shockingly, the Terminator opening by stating he killed the prince had a rather adverse effect. Rather than surrender, most of the guards also reached for the swords. One, however, did not. Instead, a ring on her left hand began glowing faintly, and the sand around her feet began shifting slightly.
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Vala
"Well, you can tell sorcery is being used because the user's eyes have a distinctive glow. Or, if they're using sky-metal, an object on their person will be glowing." the guard explained.
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Palladein
"I have no idea. Father Ysha was attempting to perform a ritual to Calibeth, in order to light up the temple, but it didn't work. Calibeth is the sun god, so the timing of this has some... terrifying implications." Eina replied.