Aeryn Sunlight<br/>Port Respite<br/><br/><strong>Walking with Eshalu</strong><br/><br/>The tactics the ranger had described were the tactics she had taught the society's smallfolk to use against the besiegers.  Tactics that would be remembered, tactics the tales of which the enemy would take home.  Like most people, Aeryn had regarded peasants with some degree of contempt as a fighting force.  Now, what would happen if the peasantry lost their battlefield terror of the Nobility?  Might they be able to stand in the open against a mass heavy cavalry charge?  With the proper weapons, the appropriate training.... maybe.  Irregular fighting in the woods was one thing, open set piece battles were another.  But once word got around that professional Men-at-Arms, even nigh-invulnerable Knights could be beaten if the common folk worked at it, just what were the social implications of that?<br/><br/><br/>A very keen look at the elf.  "Elves don't kill for pleasure?  That's the most unhuman thing I've ever heard about your people.  And war... depends on one's definition of war.  But I grant your point."<br/><br/><strong>Following Eshalu's gaze to Reliyian</strong><br/><br/>A brief flash of... jealousy?  Very brief.  The Naturalist still  had trouble reading elven expressions and body language, and suspected she would for some time.  The Wood Elf's reaction to the Mountain Elf?  Somme hostility, some uncertainty.  Not personal, more abstract, a cultural clash?<br/><br/>The mountain elf had never given any hint that she had any desire for Aeryn's body.  Their long talks were a true joy in life, eagerly looked forward to.  Nonetheless....<em>Which of them did I feel that spark of jealousy for?  I'm getting the feeling Elves view these things a lot more straightforwardly than Humans do.</em><br/><br/><strong>Annoyed at the Young Boy for killing her buzz.</strong><br/><br/>"A creature from the sea.  In the harbor, not very clean water by sea standards, and it attacked the docks, pulled down houses while under barrage from ballistae, catapults?  Surely the garrson battle mage on duty did something as well?"  She wasn't quite prepared to call the child a liar.  No one from the Society been on at the docks to monitor comings and goings.  A bad sign, there would have been a monitor present if Aeryn had been running things. here.<br/><br/>*Rapport skill check results in spoiler*<br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">Welcome to the Elliquiy Dice Server Healergirl! Please follow the instructions below.<br/> Your user ID is 25515 | View your rolls | View rolls made to you | Make a roll | View recent rolls<br/>Roll Result: Healergirl rolled: 4d6<br/>Comment: <br/>Result: 5, 5, 6, 2, <br/>Total: 18<br/>Roll iD is 43799<br/>two net success on the roll, plus one for rapport skill, <strong>3</strong> successes.  <strong>Good</strong> level of seccess<br/><br/>This poor kid has been pinned to the metaphorical wall by two very dangerous women.  If he is lying and protests his innocense, I will use Investigation and really cross examine his young butt!</div></div>