"My orders are simple enough. Go to the edge of the forest nearest the city that humans use, set up camp. Capture females, kill males. Have the females impregnated by the...<em>pet</em>that was sent with me. After that, the choice is mine. If I don't do as was ordered..." The drow shivered, then walked around to look Savyna in the eye. "I know,<em>exactly</em>, how much I'm worth to my owner. Down to the last copper. Eight hundred gold and seventy seven silver pieces. That's how much the reagents my soul would produce are worth. Unlike you, the barrier is a<em>prison.</em>I can run, but it's physically impossible to run far or fast enough. I'm stuck here. And at risk is my life and soul. So I'm going to do as I was told. I'm sorry about that. I like you, so far, but...what am I supposed to do, hmm?"