[center][h1][color=f26522]Carnatia de Luson[/color][/h1][/center]
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Carnatia watched as Vesemir and Gray Flame conversed in old elvish. As the former daughter of a Duke Household Carnatia was familiar with modern Elvish used in Varenheim, but as was the case when Gray Flame beckoned her to speak with the Ent earlier, she couldn't quite decipher the old elvish they were using.

It appeared that the two were arguing, until eventually, Gray Flame relented, retracting his hand before turning back to Carnatia.

[quote]"If you believe I deserve those words of blame, then I accept it. However, there is a reason for my caution. We are not supposed to speak about the shadows in detail, especially not in this Land of Twilight. Discussing what they can do and how to counter them is like declaring an open challenge that might be answered by even more perilous treachery. And for that reason, I preferred to keep them away from everyone's mind by not telling, letting them not be engraved too deep in everyone's mind, forgotten and ignored."

 Carried by the howling wind that suddenly blew around them, both could hear the whispering intensified into pugnacious curses and loathsome wailing.

 "But my dear Carnathia, since we have opened Pandora's box and you asked if there is something we can do from our side..."

He beckoned the noblewoman to follow and offered his hand.

"Before we go further, A fair warning! This... what I am about to do will be very taxing for those who are untrained, and we don't know what's ahead of us after we escape from this darkness. Sieze my hand if you would not heed my warning, and repeat what I say." 

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Carnatia wanted to ask in more detail what exactly they were doing, but given the situation of the phantoms' activity rising into a crescendo, she decided not to. Despite all her misgivings with Gray Flame, Carnatia realized that the mysterious elf was trying to help in his own convoluted and cryptic way, and so she did believe that what he was offering was an attempt to help.

To be honest, having just met, Carnatia did not care enough about any of these people on a personal level to risk herself to save them, however...for one, in terms of pragmatism, losing party members this early into the expedition is not ideal, but more than that, as a party...to Carnatia they were bound by unspoken social contract that was integral for any party to function. Just as how to her, Gray Flame had broken that contract by withholding vital information, helping each other in peril was integral to trust between party members, which in turn, was paramount for an effective party on an expedition.

Indeed, fulfilling that unspoken social contract as a 'party' was the duty of each and every single one of the members, and so...

Carnatia seized Gray Flame's extended hand.

[color=f26522]"I'll follow your lead on this...for the time being, at least."[/color]

She then repeated the words after Gray Flame.

[color=f26522]"Im liuth difyn anan Ar Malik faldirian
Uin sharri nan Së eän 
Adh uin sharri ghāsiqin húrun
Adh uin sharri húnas caran núlëd 
Adh uin sharri ḥāsidan malam ḥāsad"[/color]

[@Mas Bagus]