((How can anyone argue with that one?  Lol.  I had her drag one of the chairs in the library over to his desk, so they aren't in the main hall.  Not important though.))<br/><br/><strong>Giselle Do'Urden<br/>Time; Early Afternoon, Day 1<br/>Location; Library<br/>Tagged; Lionel; Rialla</strong><br/><br/>Giselle listened quietly to his response, his words truly touching in a way that mattered greatly to the half Drow ranger.  No one, save perhaps her father, her twin brothers, and Neria, had ever been so kind to her.  Lionel was indeed an exceptional man, and Giselle was glad she had met him when she had.  She chuckled at last, leaning back in the chair she had dragged over as silently as she could, getting comfortable as she crossed her right leg over her left knee, seeming perfectly at ease despite the raging emotions she was feeling in her chest, most of them sadness over lost loves and dead allies.  They were both veterans of war, it came with the territory, but some wounds were slower to heal all the same, just as Lionel knew as well she was sure.  "You make a valid argument Lionel."  She began slowly, lifting her gaze up to the man's face once again, a slow but passionate fire returning to her gaze once again.  "However, if you want to debate who owes who anything, I could have not gone up there at all with you Lionel, and chances are you might not have succeeded on your own, or if you had, you wouldn't have made the trip back down on your own if you had to use that spell of yours as you did to save my life.  So, if you want to debate this further, I'm more than willing."  She smiled, a glint in her brown eyes since she did enjoy a good debate since she was as intelligent as she seemed to be, more so in fact given her ability to lead a small army to victory if the need ever arose, and it had a couple of times.  "But enough of this, you are one of the kindest people I've ever met Lionel, and I am glad you chose to help me instead of saving your energy as you said.  That, and I have made my choice, as surely as you made yours."  She squeezed his hand in turn, strongly, feeling welcomed for the first time in ages as she slowly let his hand go.<br/><br/>Sighing however, she looked up to the ceiling, remembering the good and the bad times in equal measure for several long seconds.  A lot of it was good, but the bad....they hurt, and they were remembered, and would be remembered for as long as she lived for sure.  Still, it didn't matter in the end as Lionel wanted to hear what she had to say, and that was enough for her.  "I will share my friend, and that is not something I say often to people I just met, let alone to people I know for a while as I have known so many.  Let me say this, and forgive me for being so forward, but you'll get a better perspective on how deep some of my scars run.  I have not let a man into my bed for over forty years, Lionel.  I haven't even taken time to help myself to personal relief in that long either.  I've had my heart broken twice, the second time because of my own mistake, and no I didn't cheat on the man before you ask.  The first time....let's just say that I should have looked beyond the surface of his charming smile to see he was a member of an evil organization called the Zhenterim that runs every illegal activity you can think of back home on Faerun.  I was twenty, he was twenty five.  I was young, naive, and inexperienced in the ways of the world save for the fact I knew by then that dark elves, half or otherwise, were not accepted members of society despite my family name being known throughout the realms.  He....saw past my skin, and whether he loved me as much as I did him, I cannot say now, but at the time it felt real.  At least, until an agent of the Harpers approached me for a job, the Harpers being the exact opposite of the Zhenterim in that the Harpers protect the realms when the realms cannot protect themselves.  At any rate, the job entailed killing a wizard, and guess who the target was?  He was lucky he showed me proof, otherwise I don't think I could have done what was required, but even that much about cost me my life then.  So, want to know more?"