Ras stood up and walked over to the window.<span style="color: #666600"> “And what if I could give you a second chance? A small village on one of the moons. The survivors of Outland are one on, we can go there with Animus and we can start fresh. No Ras, no High Priestesses. Just you and two people who only want to help you. You have Animus too, she’s loyal to you and your dreams. How many times do I need to tell you that I do have hopes? I am still in the process of grieving and yes, I want a quiet life on my winery but I don’t plan to spend the rest of my life alone.”</span>He rolled his eyes and turned around to look at her again.<span style="color: #666600">“This paranoia and mistrust is why the letters were withheld. Cold logic deemed that you would not react well to them and Animus was right. She gave you the locket because there was no logical way for you to claim it to be fake or find it upsetting... you did, of course, but that doesn’t matter now. One of these days I’m going to sit you down and we’re going to talk about every lie Ras has told you and then I’m going to look through your memories to find out what actually happened.” </span>He took her by the shoulders and looked into her eyes.<span style="color: #666600"> “Because I care about you! It causes me pain to see you suffering like this and no, I won’t just let you die because that won’t fix your problems! If you died right now you would be trapped in your own misery and you would suffer for all eternity. Am I speaking clearly enough for you to understand? If you die now you will feel exactly as you do forever. That’s bad. If I can help you find peace, not even happiness, just peace and then you die you can shape the afterlife you want and deserve.” </span>He squeezed her shoulders and let out a sigh before releasing her.<span style="color: #666600">“I spoke to my Elune about this at length... I saw your self made afterlife. I won’t let you suffer like that again.”</span><br/><br/>Ras folded his arms and scoffed.<span style="color: #666600">“You see one Troll and you think you’ve seen them all. Typical Human. I’ve never met you or your woman before, boy, I’m a paladin and a wine maker. And I need the help of your woman for a special task only she can do. And I’ve got a cask of wine worthy of Queen Azshara herself with her name on it if she can help.”</span><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>