Soon Skinwalker departed to help some kobolds father their things go leave for Deagon’s Watch. The party would soon arrive to the Grey Scale hut though this time they allowed everyone inside, though Buddy stayed outside simply because the hut was too short for him. He peeked his head inside to listen. Longstrider took a puff from her hookah and smiled at the team. “I cannot thank you enough for what you all have done for my people. When this war began I truly feared that we would lose our homes to the troglodytes. And I cannot dent that if it were not for Shortfang and his friends, we would have all died before this week’s end. On behalf of all of our people, we thank you.”

Taking another puff from her hookah the others elders spoke, but not in a language you understood. Longstrider seemed sadden and translates. “But there is still the matter if our own protection. We lost many warriors today, and what warriors we trained are still new, even after this battle. It would take us years before we could reach the numbers like we had before, and we know dark times are coming.” This was when Shortfang spoke up in an exasperated tone.

“No join bad guys! Bad guys don’t want help Kobolds! Why not work with humies? Humies prove helpful!” Shortfang said in protest. Shor himself set his bag down and looks to Longstrider. “Not to mention, if you intend to ally with Elysium, you’ll become enemies of the city. As a watch Captain I can’t simply ignore those cultists or their allies, not after the chaos they’ve already caused.” Even Pylia pitched in her thoughts now that she was allowed to be here. “Though it may just be a conspiracy, it’s plainly obvious that Elysium created this situation to force your hand. As you said yourself, if no one helped you you all would have died. They wanted your people to suffer so that you’ll have to beg them to help you. But we are nothing like them. Shortfang is our friend and we’ll never make him accept the destruction of his people, just to save us the trouble. So please reconsider allying with Elysium.”