<div class="floatleft">(http://68.media.tumblr.com/e7662fad12f269372b003682baf5ab51/tumblr_nqesr5mzRt1u5hdkbo1_500.jpg)</div>Cassia looks down at the rope that's been handed to her by her new 'slave.' "Your courage is appreciated, priestess," she says stiffly, her fingers feeling idly at the thick cord in her hand. She knows well enough what happens to women like Valva who are on the end of a leash. She's seen it before in the barracks... She just never expected to be holding the leash.<br/><br/>With a scowl to shake herself free of such thoughts, the paladin nods to the doorway. "From what we have learned, they do not appear to disarm their recruits. With luck, they shall not demand the any more from us. And so we should be off at once. Tarrying serves no purpose but our enemy's."