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[foraneye]

[Though she cannot tell who may be listening, Élise remains calm and composed she she speaks. She will not let any fear or anger show; she's been taught better than that.]

My name is Élise de la Serre and I don't believe in magic. But I don't believe in being lured away from everything I know by creatures either, and here I am. And so, I've been told, here are you.

[She shakes her head.]

For now, I think it's best to stop clinging to what I do and don't believe in. Either all of this is real, or I've gone swiftly mad.

[And she doesn't feel mad. But if she were, would she?

Some questions are best saved for quiet times when she's alone with her thoughts.]

I'd be grateful for information any of you know to be important. I've heard what our hosts have said and I'm making my own inquiries elsewhere, of course, but there is always more, things we must learn that others overlook. I'm sure that all of you who have been here for some time can think of things you wish you had known.

[She pauses a moment, then just nods.]

In return, you'd have my gratitude and an owed favor. And I'm not without enough skill to pay it back.

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[arla]

That is...a wise attitude to have.

[ And she commends her for it. Nasrin is silent a moment, contemplating. ]

But do we have the option to be complacent? If they are lying, then we are all lucky. If they are not...then we are in a far more precarious situation than any of us expected.

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[foraneye]

We're in a precarious situation regardless.

[And it may not be at all wise to say so out loud where anyone can hear it, but she's never been wise enough to always hold her tongue when it would do her good.]

If matters aren't as described, then we can't know what's really at stake. If they are, then we're to make war on one another.