He listened to her words, scaled visage somewhat more difficult to read than a normal human face. When she finished, he shook his head disapprovingly. When he spoke again, his tone was somewhat more sympathetic, and less suspicious. "You killed our …" He paused, searching for the right word, and eventually he settled on, "… hounds while they raced. We assumed that your hearts had already blackened. There is no treatment for such a malady of the soul. Even if you have not become beasts which walk upright, it is only a matter of time. You are not of the land. Your blood does not have its own darkness, so the island's shadow stains your hearts as it seeps into you."<br/><br/>Despite his somewhat friendlier but rather vague words, his hand remained resting against the sword hilt, as though he didn't quite believe her claims. "We see your kind from time to time, most often as corpses or maddened wrecks, but we long ago learned not to show mercy to you. Even if your crimes so far – and make no mistake: crimes they remain even if committed by accident – had no malice at their roots, it will only be a matter of time before that malice becomes all you have left."<br/><br/>"I brought you here to learn what I could from you before it became necessary to take your heart," he said, voice thoughtful and gaze somewhat unfocused as he considered how best to proceed from this new information. "If that is not necessary, then your only real value to me is what you can tell me of your group. Are there more than four survivors from your ship?"<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">More Social Stuff</div><div class="spoiler_body">From this point on, you are rolling making rolls "aggressively" to gather new material (in an active roll vs. active roll setup). You can tell him what you want, at least for now. If Lazerette isn't forthcoming (either honestly or using deceit to misdirect him), he may move beyond asking questions, of course. But she can probably handle herself well enough either way.</div></div>