[b][color=#E8B7A9][h3][i]Adra Son Sauhl[/i][/h3][/color][/b][hr][indent]
Adra smiled when the roguish human announced that she had far larger testicles than most. It wasn’t a compliment, but it was not an insult either. She was a blunt creature, and as much she favored truth over a sugaring of words. Still, she stood by her sentiment.

The human, clad in armor, jerked around ready to fight her in verbal combat. Adra stood in silence, not stunned or angry, as he spoke his truth. Then he dragged her husband’s name through his words without a thought. She wanted to balk, but she stilled her tongue.

[color=#E8B7A9]“My only concern was knowing who we would die by. I like being led by someone whose face I would know well upon the last gurgles of life.”[/color] She paused. [color=#E8B7A9]“I am not interested in leading a human group towards a human goal. I have no ego regarding such. You seem most prepared for that. My concern is knowing who I would be looking at when I died. A brave man shows his face and cowardly one leaves you to die without something familiar and warm.”[/color] She shrugged. [color=#E8B7A9]“So, lead. I just wanted to know the person I was dying under.”[/color]

He raised his helmet and gave a glimmer of his face. [color=#E8B7A9]“That is fine,”[/color] she said. [color=#E8B7A9]“You’re an instrument of the emperor but considering it—we all are. Sad finger puppets flitting about in a stupid human game. Though I would ask that one not drag Gathran’s name about so idly. Just. Please.”[/color]

Adra drew her lips into a tight scowl, which made her tusks more obvious. The large, green, fae leaned down to her and whispered her thoughts. Adra snorted. [color=#E8B7A9]“If he was interested in me, he’d stop trying to throw me atop every social pyre that existed.”[/color] She smiled. [color=#E8B7A9]“But thank you for such hope. I do enjoy it.”[/color][/indent]
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