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[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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There are places you can go, if you have no intention of fighting for either side. [That's a fairly important thing that nobody tells you when you arrive!] Bearing a shard here makes you a target, right now more than before, but there is a power in it too. A power you can use, if you learn how.

Is that so. [Her interest shows, but she reins it in. She's not necessarily going to opt out of the fight when she's not fully aware of its ramifications.] What power is there in something I've never known existed?

It is, my lady. The most well known is the Station, though that is a queer place, and... prone to attack, in truth. The Cothromach sits in the mountains to the east of Caer Glaem, as well. [And is 100% the best choice, tbh.] It can make a man move faster than he ought to, it gives him a strength he could never aspire to otherwise. Only recently I've learned it can be made to protect him as well, through some magic.

Given our present circumstances, that sounds exceedingly valuable. I doubt even those who would choose neutrality are able to keep themselves safe at all times.

Aye, it has come to my aid more than I care to say. You might find men willing to teach you how to use it at the castle, especially now that the fighting seems to draw near. The courts have need of their every soldier.

I shall look into it at the very least.

[Those are worrying words, though.]

Do our hosts take action against those who will not fight, if made aware of them?

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