Is that all? What a lackluster light to steer by. Still. She didn't have any great affinity for the Golden Order. That was a glimmer of promise. "You'll find no ships in any port, nor sailors sane enough to crew them. I'm afraid that you're quite trapped, for now."
It would be so easy to slip back into routine. "But not everyone seeks the Elden Ring for such lofty purpose. Perhaps your path still intersects with the rest." Just send her on her way. But...
"You, I'm afraid, are maidenless." To think he had to explain this too! Everyone should know these things. Or at least, think themselves knowledgeable. "The Two Fingers send their consecrated maidens to journey with each Tarnished, to channel the strength of runes, and grant them invitation to the Roundtable Hold. The grand meeting hall of the Tarnished, watched over by the Two Fingers themselves."
He sighs. "But Lacking either, your chances are slim. A shame." There were secret ways to forge an invitation, as it were. The Two Fingers were so senile that none would notice the difference. But should he? No. Not for one so untested.
"I find it curious that you remember your home, when all else is so very blank. What were you there, I wonder?"
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Date: 2023-01-01 11:08 pm (UTC)It would be so easy to slip back into routine. "But not everyone seeks the Elden Ring for such lofty purpose. Perhaps your path still intersects with the rest." Just send her on her way. But...
"You, I'm afraid, are maidenless." To think he had to explain this too! Everyone should know these things. Or at least, think themselves knowledgeable. "The Two Fingers send their consecrated maidens to journey with each Tarnished, to channel the strength of runes, and grant them invitation to the Roundtable Hold. The grand meeting hall of the Tarnished, watched over by the Two Fingers themselves."
He sighs. "But Lacking either, your chances are slim. A shame." There were secret ways to forge an invitation, as it were. The Two Fingers were so senile that none would notice the difference. But should he? No. Not for one so untested.
"I find it curious that you remember your home, when all else is so very blank. What were you there, I wonder?"