[h3][b][i][color=b3c0ef][center]Persephone[/center][/color][/i][/b][/h3]
[center][b][color=b3c0ef]Location:[/color][/b] Road North of Salarn
[b][color=b3c0ef]Interacting With:[/color][/b] Sundos and Keystone[/center]

[color=b3c0ef]"I don't know that I have one,"[/color] Seph admitted, shrugging. [color=b3c0ef]"I try to help people. Not always easy to see what your actions are doing, though. Those militia men I healed, I don't think they're bad people, but they'll probably kill more orcs with the strength I returned to them. You ask them if that's a good thing, of course they'll say yes. And the orcs will disagree, because some of their number are dead, and everyone who knew them will never see them again in this world."[/color] She hadn't expected to be caught up in a discussion like this so soon after leaving the village, but Sundos was obviously a thoughtful sort, interested in learning, even if he wasn't particularly well-traveled yet.

[color=b3c0ef]"Everyone's got their own way of doing things, and their own reasons for doing them, and when they conflict, it's rarely easy to say with certainty who is [i]good[/i] and who is [i]evil[/i]. What is [i]righteous[/i] and what is [i]ignoble[/i]. I just try to use my best judgement, with an open heart and an open mind."[/color] She imagined if they came across any orcs, and they were forced into a fight, there would likely be death, and at the very least serious injury. Maybe she'd even cause some of it herself. She had to protect herself, and if that goal caused the death of someone attacking her, it would be unfortunate and regrettable. But she would not declare someone evil or wicked without first knowing their motives, without first understanding.

Even in the most personal and painful of situations.

[color=b3c0ef]"These people on the frontier follow what keeps them alive, what keeps them together. I find they offer far more kindness to strangers and weary travelers than an average city-dweller would, whether they have shrines to a god or not. They don't have the luxury of beautiful shrines and bountiful offerings, but that doesn't make them uncaring."[/color] 

She turned her head to catch Sundos's eyes, giving him a mildly teasing grin. [color=b3c0ef]"And yes, it is pretty obvious how new you are out here. Don't worry, you'll get the hang of it quick enough."[/color] She wasn't a weathered veteran herself, but then again, she'd come of age in a far less secure place than the confines of a temple somewhere. In a way, she'd been weathered long before she even began her current profession.