That's the rub, big guy. You can't impose your will over everything under the sky.
[ Now how does a person like this come about, huh? Seemingly too good for this world or just plain naive to its workings. She considers herself a realist but understands how her audience might differ. ]
Don't imagine I would be here if you were a pacifist. We have a sorcerer keeping a village hostage. I suspect he's a practitioner of blood magic, like me, and the villagers are the ingredients of a ritual.
You make one suggestion and you're the blood sacrifice girl for the rest of your life.
[ On balance it's probably a sensible assumption of him to make, but she's not going to argue against herself. ]
If I were to perform the ritual, the sorcerer could be located and dispatched in no time, sparing his captives whatever he's doing right now. I'm giving us options, that's all. Are you a deontologist or utilitarianist, to couch it in academic terms.
We're losing light. No hope for an inn out here, ah?
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[ If her remark sounds passive-aggressive, it is. ]
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But as well, "are we dead" is not so high a bar to aspire to, Lady.
Particularly where my want to minimize casualties is concerned.
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[ The sound filtered through her sallow lips does not grace their correspondence. As for aspirations, she has reason to entertain few. ]
I'll be worm food before you keel over under the strain of your nobility. But don't fret, I may be a Dark Priest but I won't sacrifice the peasantry.
Well, unless you're on board. I could minimize the death toll by sacrificing one of these yokels.
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[ your funger pessimism holds no power over the Sunshine Man ]
I am not such a fool that I tie our hands from any and all hostilities. But we must at least make an effort to minimize our impact and casualties.
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[ Now how does a person like this come about, huh? Seemingly too good for this world or just plain naive to its workings. She considers herself a realist but understands how her audience might differ. ]
Don't imagine I would be here if you were a pacifist. We have a sorcerer keeping a village hostage. I suspect he's a practitioner of blood magic, like me, and the villagers are the ingredients of a ritual.
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[ man even when he qualifies he gets treated like a zealot ]
And I wish it understood that we are not saving them so that they may become your ingredients next.
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[ On balance it's probably a sensible assumption of him to make, but she's not going to argue against herself. ]
If I were to perform the ritual, the sorcerer could be located and dispatched in no time, sparing his captives whatever he's doing right now. I'm giving us options, that's all. Are you a deontologist or utilitarianist, to couch it in academic terms.
We're losing light. No hope for an inn out here, ah?
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