Ple-Sen
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-- Oh, Alaria, there you are. Please, take this test, don't fall behind the group. And there are still... Garret and Astellia with them.
-- I have some information for you to consider. Let's start with the good news: the Sovereign's coronation is scheduled for Monday. I don't know how it will be implemented, but don't make any other plans for now, okay?
-- The second good news is that there are only a few stones left to collect. After that, Her Highness, the Sovereign, said that she is going to complete her mission and protect Anush from all real and potential external threats. The Princess has learned to use them very well, and I am sure she will succeed.
-- Now, the news that I wouldn't call bad yet, but just is: the Farrellians and Nephirians will soon attack us, uniting in a coalition. Therefore, although Her Highness recommended that Carneol rest, I personally would not want to relax at such a moment. You may have noticed that Welfern is going through times that not everyone can face with their head held high. It would seem that this does not concern us, we are just a small mercenary squad for performing rare, precise surgical operations, but to be honest, at some point I stopped believing in it.
-- Time and time again, you, my comrades, demonstrate qualities that are not typical of ordinary thugs. You can be entrusted with diplomacy with rather unusual entities, -- a glance at Kilika. -- You are eager to engage in self-education. You easily find common ground with half the city. You learn not only new skills, but sometimes even professions. You temper your body, mind, and spirit. You use and develop your imagination on a daily basis. You can talk to you about philosophy. You defeat enemies that normal warriors can't even think about fighting. At some point, I realized that I can no longer look at you as mercenaries, you are all my loyal knights.
-- What, in your opinion, distinguishes a knight from a simple warrior-barbarian? The fact that a knight rises to his ideals, while grounded warriors, on the contrary, are accustomed to lowering their ideals to the level of their flesh. Therefore, you are not the latter, by all indications, you are the former. And you work for the Crown. Absolute compliance, there is only one thing missing: a corresponding title, but you know, purely formally, I don't have it either. Let me be a knight by lineage, but from a formal point of view, this is not enough, so we are similar in our situation.
-- The main thing I wanted to say from all this is: I think we can do more, and it's time to take some initiative. We have the opportunity to do more for our country. Starting with the good of our squad, but not limited to it, if you have any thoughts!
-- First of all, of course, this is the squad. Let's do this: what are our current gaps and weaknesses, what are we missing, and how can we work on it? We have already discovered one weakness: it is difficult to live without a tracker. This can lead to dangerous time losses... Alaria said that she has the address of such a person, maybe we should visit him? I'm not needed for this, if you decide, you all deserve a sufficient degree of autonomy so that together we can do more.
-- People are not the only treasure that we may be lacking. Maybe our squad is missing something else? Some specific equipment? Maybe someone is ready to train a dog? The sense of smell of these animals can be useful not only for finding tracks. What about devices that detect magic or something similar? I haven't discussed financial issues with our Patroness yet, but it seems that I want to reorganize everything on a large scale so that we can be ready for anything. After all, our training depends on whether we will regret it if we fail to do something.