<div class="floatright">(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/c6/66/d4/c666d4aaa04ff1f363483c3c5224ee27.jpg)</div><br/>What she said, was true to a degree or parts of her story.  The part, they only had two or three months.   Then she once again would be the empress.  Through one exiled.<br/><br/>When he mentions pregnancy.  She had not been thinking it through.   The real possibility she could get pregnant.  Her eyes widen at that in stunned shock of suddenly realizing that fact.  The truth, she did not want to get pregnant.   Not now,  when she is a deposed empress, in hiding and exiled.<br/><br/>"I.....I didn't think.   I'm a fool."<br/><br/>Genuine is her response.  The last thing she wanted is to bring a child into this world with her circumstances.<br/><br/>She turns then and wade through the water towards the shore.   She is not running,  she gets to the shore and plops down on her hands and knees.   Head bowed in defeat, of one that is lost.  Or perhaps realizing her life is not in her control.  Realizing that she is but a slave.   As Songbird realizes that her life even as empress is controlled by outside influences.<br/><br/>Game Mechanics:  Perception Roll for both Hellhound,  Songbird<br/><br/>Roll Results:  Songbird Perception 20<br/>GM Roll Perception 13<br/><br/>Hidden Paradise combat map (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Z9J43nW5EqfdJN3r5JJeo4AQez7DMAM0fFeO25lhXyk/edit?usp=sharing)<br/><br/>Three of the plants begin to move Lasher Vines near Songbird.  Both Hellhound  and Songbirds gear are on the opposite shore.  Hellhounds in white HG and Songbirds in yellow SG.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">Initiative order</span><br/><br/>Songbird 20<br/>Lasher Vines 13  AC 16<br/><br/><br/>Hellhound   HP 32/32<br/>Songbird  HP 22/22<br/>Lasher Vine 1  HP 15/15<br/>Lasher Vine 2  HP 15/15<br/>Lasher Vine 3  HP 15/15<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>