Julan's gaze snapped up to Janius, wide-eyed. He was caught off-guard, and stammered for a few seconds as he spoke. [i]"What? I don't...I...that's not funny!"[/i] 

Several of the others laughed, though not all may have been doing so in good fun. There were two or three that looked more judgmental, perhaps mistrusting, than the rest. Must like the rest of the village as a whole, there were some who did not necessarily take kindly to outsiders. Julan's anxiety might have been at least partially justified. Still, the violet-scaled girl was content ignoring any and all of the others to continue her questioning. [i]"Humans also have marriage? I didn't think you'd have that without the Hist to keep you together. Did you really come here to find your son a wife? I thought he said he was here for his rite?"[/i]

The boy sitting on the log in the back huffed dismissively. [i]"No chance a softskin-raised like him is going to beat a real hunter. Should have just picked the rite of endurance and hope that the Hist take it easy on you. Or maybe you're afraid the Hist will punish you for being softskin-raised."[/i]

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"Well, in a war, that is usually a much easier question to answer. Anyone who associates themselves with Vile deserves what they get. Outside of a war, you rarely would have a reason to hunt down someone to kill them. For the most part, you would only be defending yourself against an attacker. If someone is trying to kill you, then it should not be a moral question for you to kill them." Ahnasha answered. She did not usually think as much about her targets as Rhazii was, but she wanted to give him reasonable ways of avoiding guilt. "We don't usually make mistaking selecting our targets in this war, and if we do, then it won't be your fault."