[center][color=gold][h1]Leannah[/h1][/color]

[i]"Good Cat, Bad Cat"[/i][/center]

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Leannah allowed herself to follow along as Mie had a guard escort them back to a rather nice empty tent. A good read of the situation overall, though Leannah hadn't much thought about talking out loud as she had. No wonder the fox had been angry...might be Lazhira and anyone else in there too. Blargh. Howewver, she didn't have the luxury of time either. No time to fully rest, as already The Illuminator was making moves it seemed. Whether it was one part of the Frankenstein'd deity's psyche or another, as that was something else to suspect about the conflicting information he gave, or something else altogether was not the main focus at the moment. 

Theorizing would continue, but right now she needed information. This guy was part of whoever was trying to get Lazhira back there, and she wanted to get answers and whatever else she could get. Since the man was already burnt and his leg was stomped on, she had ample reason to believe he wouldn't be moving. A little rope being used to secure him generally to the tent pole, however, was still something she'd do. Nothing tight or restrictive, but just enough that if someone tried to come grab him it wouldn't be easy.

Not that he would be anything but left behind at this point, but it helped to be precautionary.

[color=gold]"Alright! You seem to be in a hell of a state, I'm supposing the burns are from your attempted quarry back there?"[/color] 

Leannah spoke to the man as she sat with her legs crossed a couple feet from him. 

[color=gold]"You see, I never have been around other Bastelians. But we seem to have quite the reputation for savagery. As for me though? I only get savage when you mess with those I care some about. 

So your leg back there? That was for trying to kidnap Lazhira."[/color]

The catgirl stared the pained hunter in the eyes, learning forward a little as she spoke. She did her best to put on the show of being utterly casual in the face of what she'd done to him so far, trying to play a bit more into that 'Bastelian savagery' slightly to try to put some fear into him. She even reached out a hand, turning the man's face to get a better look at his burns before roughly dropping her grip and letting his head fall back down. 

[color=gold]"I'm sure it isn't the only pain you feel right now, but I believe we can be 'civil' about this. You and I. I might even be able to get you patched up. You see, I was raised by humans, so I am not a total savage....

...But it simply depends on what [i]information[/i] you are able to give me, and if you can provide [b]enough[/b] of it [i]quickly[/i] enough to satiate my interests.

And indeed, I need something. I need to know everything you have heard and know about The Illuminator's plans for this village and Lazhira, and about your little cult of followers who adhere to him."[/color]

Using her other hand, Leannah gently drew her claws along the other side of the man's face, not hard enough to draw any blood or make scratched but enough to leave a light tingle along the man's skin that belied what those claws [i]could[/i] do. She also had to pretend she knew some things, but assuming two of these guys were involved in a kidnapping it would not be hard to assume there were a number more who were adherents to the mad god's will around here. 

[color=gold]"So will you tell me all you know? Or will we have to move on to the other leg first? Your choice~"[/color] 

...Part of doing this made her feel phyiscally sick, but at the same time she had to swallow the tough pill in order to get what she needed. The villagers? She'd hoped to get to know them more in time, maybe, but the first thing in priority was the safety of those here and Lazhira. The goddess was right, sometimes force was needed. Even if she had to use the Bastelian stereotype as fodder for her interrogation right now, she'd do it. Things were developing to the extent she needed to be ready, and to be ready required information and action both. Not just one or the other. 

That much she'd, most ironically, also learned back within the Illuminator's divine realm. Those trials tested her mind, but also her capability to navigate them through action.