[The usage of 'sellsword' had the corner of his lip twitching. It was such a D&D phrase, he could almost feel the dice in his hand. Sellswords. God, this place was a trip. He nodded his head instead.]
Mercs don't generally all have the same getup. These guys? That's a uniform. Or, uniforms. There's the ones with the red and the ones in all black. I don't know about where you're from, but where I am, anyone in all black is usually some kind of super badass at something. God, I hope they're not ninjas.
[He was proficient at hand to hand, but not ninja style. Come on. Give a geek a break. She goes on, her hand moving as if looking to touch something and he recognizes that in the fifteen million times he's reached up to adjust his glasses and they haven't been there. Maybe she was married. He hadn't come with his tags either. Just scars and tattoos. And that fucking rock in his chest. He shrugs a half shoulder at her next comment, looking around.]
Not sure who the source for all of this might be. This whole thing is really out of my paygrade. Might be a king- or queen. [Gender inclusive in who might be in charge.] General? Hell, I don't know. For all I know, it's a dragon and we're all the new virgins for sacrifice. Which is wrong on so many levels...
[Nope, sorry, Moiraine. He had no idea about magic or magical ladies with magical lady powers.]
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Mercs don't generally all have the same getup. These guys? That's a uniform. Or, uniforms. There's the ones with the red and the ones in all black. I don't know about where you're from, but where I am, anyone in all black is usually some kind of super badass at something. God, I hope they're not ninjas.
[He was proficient at hand to hand, but not ninja style. Come on. Give a geek a break. She goes on, her hand moving as if looking to touch something and he recognizes that in the fifteen million times he's reached up to adjust his glasses and they haven't been there. Maybe she was married. He hadn't come with his tags either. Just scars and tattoos. And that fucking rock in his chest. He shrugs a half shoulder at her next comment, looking around.]
Not sure who the source for all of this might be. This whole thing is really out of my paygrade. Might be a king- or queen. [Gender inclusive in who might be in charge.] General? Hell, I don't know. For all I know, it's a dragon and we're all the new virgins for sacrifice. Which is wrong on so many levels...
[Nope, sorry, Moiraine. He had no idea about magic or magical ladies with magical lady powers.]