[ If it is presumptuous, there's no bristling of ego on Anduin's part. All his new friend sees is a man in armor with a giant sword, and it's reasonable to assume someone fitting that description might lean towards forceful measures first.
He simply nods in understanding, before approaching a step closer. ]
We will not linger any longer here than we must. You have my word. But if there is a way you might be released from this...state.
[ It's as delicately as he can put the question, not out of fear but consideration for the trauma this woman must undoubtedly have gone through. Still is going through, truthfully. He watches her wavering for a moment as if in recollection.
I don't know, she replies. I am no sorceress or necromancer, or a woman possessed of any such high learning. I was only a maid, during the last of my living days — but a fine one, I reckon!
The answer brings a bittersweet smile to Anduin's lips, thinking for a moment of Wyll Benton, his own beloved servant now long passed from this world. Some of that fondness creeps into his voice unbidden. ]
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He simply nods in understanding, before approaching a step closer. ]
We will not linger any longer here than we must. You have my word. But if there is a way you might be released from this...state.
[ It's as delicately as he can put the question, not out of fear but consideration for the trauma this woman must undoubtedly have gone through. Still is going through, truthfully. He watches her wavering for a moment as if in recollection.
I don't know, she replies. I am no sorceress or necromancer, or a woman possessed of any such high learning. I was only a maid, during the last of my living days — but a fine one, I reckon!
The answer brings a bittersweet smile to Anduin's lips, thinking for a moment of Wyll Benton, his own beloved servant now long passed from this world. Some of that fondness creeps into his voice unbidden. ]
I'm certain you must have been.