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Esailia tore her gaze from their surroundings to shake her head at Tori, murmuring "[color=8dc73f][b]No, too soon to start making threats.[/b][/color]" Before resuming her self-appointed duty to keep a watch for surprises. [i]If a single man stashed in our cart surprised a veteran like Rintor, I shudder to think what else could be in store...[/i]

But even as she thought this, Thee man announced himself as the Crimson Marauder, and her face went pale, shield and sword falling to her sides in shock. He kept talking, but the Mithra wasn't listening anymore, instead her mind was flung back into the past by that name...

[i][color=fff79a]A tattoed man wandering out of her house, dragging behind him a Mithra woman...Searching a village calling out for her mama....faceless men dragging her out of her hiding place and taking her away from her home...[/color][/i]

Armor clinked as Esailia clenched her fist around the hilt of her sword "[color=8dc73f][b]Bastard....[/b][/color]" She muttered, before saying louder "[b][color=8dc73f]Murderer![/color][/b]" and starting a sprint towards Victor, sword raised. Her armor made more than enough noise to alert a deaf troll of her approach...