TWENTY ONEFallout
‘You cannot ask this of me!’
The Captain of The Blades paced furiously around the chamber, like a caged animal seeking to escape its confines.
‘We did not mean to break this to you so suddenly. However, this situation cannot wait – we need to get in front of this.’ she said, trying to quell the Paladin’s uncharacteristically foul temper.
‘No – there has to be another way!’
‘Nathanar.’ said Darlia quietly, trying to ease her lover’s obvious fury. ‘This is the right thing to do.’
‘How can you say that? Besides, this does not solely affect you!’
‘I realise that we are asking much of you. Still, you are the only one that I could bear to perform such a task.’
‘That which you ask of me is both sick and barbaric! I will not do it!’
‘It is the only way that we can b
