He gave her an apologetic smile, and said, "I know you don't want to do that, but don't be like one paladin I knew back home. He refused to kill, believing everyone could be saved. He was killed by one of the people he took prisoner, a knife in the back of his heart. Be willing to give up on some, to preserve the rest. Do you save a tree that is infected with a disease or bug that can wipe out the entire forest, or do you destroy it to save the rest?"<br/><br/>He reached over and patted her hand, before saying, "The taint is definitely confined to that forest, which stopped at the gorge. The taint here is only noticeable if you look for it. At this range, I can barely feel it even then."<br/><br/>Moving back, he gestured to Daminor to drop back a bit. He wanted to talk to the male alone, mostly because he could say things bluntly, just the way he liked. Plus, he figured the bard wanted to yell for a moment.