Part 460: Panne C

Might I beg a moment of your time?

You get a moment. State your business, priest.

I wanted to thank you.

You owe me nothing.

But I do. You saved Lady Emmeryn from assassination. As an Ylissean citizen and a man of the cloth, I owe you my gratitude.

I saved no one. Emmeryn only lived long enough to fall into the next snare.

..... You were there, then. When she... Ah, I fear we both witnessed it.

.....

I see that what happened to her pains you even now. I, too, still grieve. I cannot help but feel that I failed her somehow.

What, then? You would have the two of us sit around licking each other's wounds?

No, I merely thought to-

You are human. I am taguel. Linger near me and you'll be viewed with suspicion by your kind.

You're worried for my reputation? That's very gallant.

Watch your words, man-spawn, lest you get yourself hurt.

My apologies...