<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=256315.msg12672912#msg12672912">Quote from: pdragon on 26-09-2016, 21:19:38</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Aribeth- I was thinking maybe "___________is often the butt of my jokes." or "I sang stories of__________long before I ever met them in person." for Dale? <br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Prefer the later.  Not sure a "ditsy princess" actually has the intelligence to make anyone the butt of their jokes, but maybe they are really bad jokes - where nobody laughs but her and they simply illustrate how much of a ditz she is?  *shrugs*  The first works better because it'd make Dale, at least consider, rescuing Valaria.  The second makes it more likely that Dale will slit Valaria's throat and do her best to make it look like an accident - or you know - say the room is clear and conveniently overlook the trap right in front of the bard.<br/><br/><br/>As for new connections with Dale, I can't really suggest anything.  Dale probably stole something from both of them because they're "dumb enough to let me".