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<blockquote data-quote="Shayuri" data-source="post: 7433996" data-attributes="member: 4936"><p><strong>"Do you know what makes drowning men so dangerous?" </strong>Silhouette asks calmly. <strong>"In their panic, they grasp anything, anyone in reach. They drag rescuers down with them, or clutch things that won't help them float. You have a freedom they don't though, Ulraunt."</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>"Just take a breath."</strong></p><p></p><p>She inhaled to illustrate, and put the shenanigans with the illusion out of her mind for the moment. There was no way to tell if it was Oghma or Shar or anyone else meddling, and she couldn't be bothered to care. Such questions were of interest to servants of the gods. Silhouette was, at best, a...a co-conspirator. She could live with that.</p><p></p><p><strong>"I have seen things, but more than that I have heard things, Ulraunt. Among them some words of...lets call it advice. Advice best heeded."</strong></p><p></p><p>She looked at Landor, meeting his gaze for a moment, then focused again on the kneeling sage-priest. Her expression turned gentle, though there was still firmness in her eyes. This wouldn't be easy for him...best not to press too hard too fast, lest he break and become irrational.</p><p></p><p><strong>"Oghma commands you to protect souls as well as knowledge, Ulraunt. You are not to keep all of the Chosen here. Some are needed elsewhere. You have the Sentinel Wyrm, and you have Tethtoril. They will have to suffice for Candlekeep. Haspur and the Magister must be allowed to leave."</strong></p><p></p><p>Silhouette knelt down to bring herself almost to his level. <strong>"I have not been given a glimpse of what happens here, but I know some of what other places are facing. The only hope any of us have is to force these invaders to spread themselves thin, facing pockets of resistance. If all the Chosen were in one place, they could bring all their might to bear here...and nothing would stop them then."</strong></p><p></p><p>She reached out and took one of his hands in her own, squeezing it slightly harder and harder as she continued to speak.</p><p></p><p><strong>"Have faith in your god, Ulraunt. He has survived a purge of the heavens and guides you still. What good is knowledge if there are no eyes to see it? No souls to be enlightened by it? Keeping the Library intact while the world burns will save nothing, in the end."</strong></p><p></p><p>The tiefling took another breath, and as she let it out she released his hand. She glanced back at the guards, where she'd left Thrak chatting and distracting them. Their attention was on the events in the temple proper now, but nothing unpleasant seemed to be brewing immediately. Ulraunt could change that, of course, so she looked back at him to assess his reaction.</p><p></p><p><strong>"I did paraphrase a little, but that was the gist of it."</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shayuri, post: 7433996, member: 4936"] [B]"Do you know what makes drowning men so dangerous?" [/B]Silhouette asks calmly. [B]"In their panic, they grasp anything, anyone in reach. They drag rescuers down with them, or clutch things that won't help them float. You have a freedom they don't though, Ulraunt." "Just take a breath."[/B] She inhaled to illustrate, and put the shenanigans with the illusion out of her mind for the moment. There was no way to tell if it was Oghma or Shar or anyone else meddling, and she couldn't be bothered to care. Such questions were of interest to servants of the gods. Silhouette was, at best, a...a co-conspirator. She could live with that. [B]"I have seen things, but more than that I have heard things, Ulraunt. Among them some words of...lets call it advice. Advice best heeded."[/B] She looked at Landor, meeting his gaze for a moment, then focused again on the kneeling sage-priest. Her expression turned gentle, though there was still firmness in her eyes. This wouldn't be easy for him...best not to press too hard too fast, lest he break and become irrational. [B]"Oghma commands you to protect souls as well as knowledge, Ulraunt. You are not to keep all of the Chosen here. Some are needed elsewhere. You have the Sentinel Wyrm, and you have Tethtoril. They will have to suffice for Candlekeep. Haspur and the Magister must be allowed to leave."[/B] Silhouette knelt down to bring herself almost to his level. [B]"I have not been given a glimpse of what happens here, but I know some of what other places are facing. The only hope any of us have is to force these invaders to spread themselves thin, facing pockets of resistance. If all the Chosen were in one place, they could bring all their might to bear here...and nothing would stop them then."[/B] She reached out and took one of his hands in her own, squeezing it slightly harder and harder as she continued to speak. [B]"Have faith in your god, Ulraunt. He has survived a purge of the heavens and guides you still. What good is knowledge if there are no eyes to see it? No souls to be enlightened by it? Keeping the Library intact while the world burns will save nothing, in the end."[/B] The tiefling took another breath, and as she let it out she released his hand. She glanced back at the guards, where she'd left Thrak chatting and distracting them. Their attention was on the events in the temple proper now, but nothing unpleasant seemed to be brewing immediately. Ulraunt could change that, of course, so she looked back at him to assess his reaction. [B]"I did paraphrase a little, but that was the gist of it."[/B] [/QUOTE]
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