un: sweet lily of the hidden valley - handwritten

[bearshermark]

Haltham says we're going to need another 50,000 or 60,000 more coins for a smuggler, travel fees, rations, and papers, and because now there's more of us. They haven't figured out where we're heading after this or how long we'll be here. It's a little frustrating. I guess the regions of this world must have a lot of border security. He also said the weather is unusually bad for this time of year, so that makes things more difficult.

But I'm not going to be able to go into town much now that I have someone that stands out a lot following me around everywhere, so it'll be hard to make more money to put toward that fund. But I am going to make myself useful and help with everything that needs done around the farm. I think it's important to work together as much as we can, so if anyone could use an extra set of hands or two with anything, please let me know.

P.S. Don't mind Hendrik too much. He only looks intimidating.

-Eleven

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[unswervingcompanion]

He was about to state that he wasn't afraid of the undead as they'd fought so many creatures just like that back home. But he did worry for the Luminary who didn't seem too keen on the idea of that.

And while it wasn't his fault that he was quite tall, he did know that it made him stand out, even more so than he would notice. The people here weren't an entire nation nor were they even truly allies as they'd had back home. That alone perplexed him into thinking tizzies.

That last part though had him highly doubtful. "What precisely would you have me hide me as?"

[bearshermark]

Eleven shrugged, glancing off.

"Fox has stealth magic.. I'm not sure about how it works yet, but it takes components and I'm worried about how much they could cost versus what working would make. Archeval can just.. distract attention so long as you're dressed somewhat normally and don't otherwise draw attention to yourself, but he's not likely to want to do so for long hours.."

[unswervingcompanion]

"So your intention is to hide me." That came out as a half growl because the last time he hid was in a basement when Zwaardsrust was being attacked. He'd felt so helpless camped out in that cramped basement while hearing the screams of the dying.

And now here the Luminary was determined to have him hide as if he was an issue. "And just how do you propose I dress normally? What if you're attacked? Should I no longer wear my armor and fulfill my oath to you?" Really this whole conversation was doing nothing but giving him a headache.

If only he could make sense of it in his own head that might help out a great deal too.

[bearshermark]

Eleven huffed an agitated breath and shook his head.

"I'm just letting you know your options if you want to go into town. That's why I said I would stay here on the farm." He dragged a hand through his hair and gave a helpless shrug. "There is work that needs to be done here, so it isn't like we aren't contributing. It just means we won't have any coin."

[unswervingcompanion]

"I am sure we will be fine." Hendrik turned to look at the boy and wondered why he seem agitated. It wasn't as if this was the first time he'd seen the other like this though. Their journey back home had been quite filled with moments like this.

But he sighed, knowing that eventually he knew he'd have to give into this ludicrous demand.