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[color=gold]Time:[/color] After midnight
[color=gold]Location:[/color]Forest near Sun Elf Kingdom
[color=gold]Interactions:[/color] [@Shard], [@13org]
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Cade returned the human’s smile, delighted that she had accepted his price. The thought of many stories from another world told by stranger whose kind hadn’t set foot in Avalia in a full century was sure to be a truly novel experience, but now was not the time for stories now was the time to make sure the human was safe from the Lich. His ears twitched as Korvash growled and his eyes caught the movement of the orc as he reached for his weapon. He tensed in anticipation of a fight with the orc, and his weight shifted to the balls of his feet as he prepared himself to move swiftly. His tail twitched with excitement but as he focused his attention on the orc, Inori’s voice, loud and commanding, startled him slightly raising the hackles from shoulders to tail. Bright red chains enveloped the orc’s massive arm. This was not the kind of magic Cade was used to seeing, unlike what he had seen the elves or fairies do, this was demon’s magic and he realized he wasn’t entirely sure what demons were capable of doing. He knew he had underestimated Inori; this small creature could not physically over power an orc but was able and willing to use magic to control Korvash. Although he still saw the orc as an enemy, he also felt a small bit of sympathy for the creature to have his will suppressed and controlled by a lesser creature. Incidences like this were why Cade didn’t care for magic; he saw it as unearned power certain races happened to be born with, that allowed things like a fragile bag of bones to rule an entire land or a four-foot demon to control a beast twice his size. 

As the orc left, Cade wondered if they were now left with the more unsavory member of the duo. At least with an orc you knew what you were getting and what they were capable of, with this demon he wasn’t so sure. Cade had though Inori seemed honorable when he offered to help the human, but his willingness to control the orc with magic troubled Cade, as did the hint of threat in his voice as he dared to scold Cade for what he saw as childish outburst, and the realization that he was sure exactly the extent of the demon’s abilities.  But against his instinct he had promised to help the human, and if the demon possessed such power it would be in her best interest to have that power around as there was enough danger with the Lich King as an enemy already. He also felt the need to keep an eye on Inori should he betray the human as well, he would have to go against his instincts to give the human her best chance at staying safe. What worse was that he was going to have to play nice with demon, swallow his pride and let the demon’s remarks go, at least for now. Cade forced himself to relax his posture, no longer in a fighter’s stance, although his tail continued to twitch, ever so slightly, with annoyance.  

[color=gold]“Apologize, Inori, perhaps I have had too much ale tonight.”[/color] He said, his tone very close to sincerity. [color=gold]“Can we trust that Korvash is not on his way to sell us all out to the Lich right now?”[/color] He asked, wondering how strong a sway the demon held over the orc. Surly the king would offer some sort of reward for this information and he placed no trust in orc loyalty.