<span style="color: #ffa64d">"no, he died in his sleep just before i finished my training, he was ancient by Human standards. thank you for the compliment."</span><span style="color: #ffffff">"your compliments are appreciated. i understand and i will continue to hone my skills... best of luck with your endeavor to heal Order, but i suspect she will not cooperate with you anymore then she would for me. though perhaps it is our personal history that made her reject my help."</span><span style="color: #ffa64d">"what happened between you two?"</span><span style="color: #ffffff">"hmm? oh. for a time the Counsel, bullies that they were wanted to make me feel terror and pain in an effort to steal all that i am from me. they tried all sorts of things to make me break and 'sing my pain for them' but it never worked. i endured all that they could bring to bear, including their favorite weapon with such placid acceptance that they grew frustrated and gave up. i suppose it is no fun to torture someone when they do not beg for mercy or cry when their parents are slaughtered." </span><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>