Shall I hold it up and tell them it's mightier than the sword?
( But he's... impressed, really, by the audacity of a woman, seemingly resolute but fragile, who dares the enclosure without so much as a usable weapon. That rifle won't serve them at close distance. At least Hector has the cut of his tongue, but she appears wholly paralysed by both poor sense and manners.
Well, then. Time to... improvise. He pilfers the pen, waving the long-harassed serving wench close for parchment paper, paid in full. These aren't the conditions any of his patrons or abductors ever kept him in, for work.
Now, then: a few scribbles here, some menacing runes to the side. The inscription won't summon or hold back anything, but they look that particular breed of bloody efficacy that merchants and story tellers assume of magic. He shoves his work towards the girl. )
Right. Pin that on. If anyone asks, I'm a vicious sorcerer, and you're my slave golem. ( Yes. This is exactly what unwashed, grueling golems look like. He has to decency to cough. ) Groan and squint a little.
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( But he's... impressed, really, by the audacity of a woman, seemingly resolute but fragile, who dares the enclosure without so much as a usable weapon. That rifle won't serve them at close distance. At least Hector has the cut of his tongue, but she appears wholly paralysed by both poor sense and manners.
Well, then. Time to... improvise. He pilfers the pen, waving the long-harassed serving wench close for parchment paper, paid in full. These aren't the conditions any of his patrons or abductors ever kept him in, for work.
Now, then: a few scribbles here, some menacing runes to the side. The inscription won't summon or hold back anything, but they look that particular breed of bloody efficacy that merchants and story tellers assume of magic. He shoves his work towards the girl. )
Right. Pin that on. If anyone asks, I'm a vicious sorcerer, and you're my slave golem. ( Yes. This is exactly what unwashed, grueling golems look like. He has to decency to cough. ) Groan and squint a little.