Arla didn't display any emotion when he declined the offer. She would not have been surprised no matter what he answered, but there were few Sith who would eagerly risk their lives for anything but their own gain.
She simply nodded.
When he suggested comparing notes, she still gave no reaction, though she internally bristled. Unlike most Sith, it wasn't a matter of wanting to maintain her own power and wanting to keep secret rituals to herself, but because it was a matter of her people and their world. She was one piece of her world's immune system: a critical part of its ecosystem.
Or learn something new together, she said after a moment without further expansion. If both of their interests were in the arcane, there was a great deal of Sith alchemy and sorcery to be learned. They need not limit themselves simply to what they already knew and what she was wary to teach.
Good, let's go then, she said.
They made their way into the woods and she had set to work quickly. Numerous runes were inscribed into the dirt with her hunting knife. Speed didn't necessitate the use of a lightsaber, so she opted for the version that would be more quickly washed away. She didn't need anyone coming to discover what had happened here.
You know, we may be able to just send him in with a bomb vest. Finish this all up once and for all, no more excessive fights or risking our lives, she said. She'd grown tired of the games they were playing here. Columex would come under Imperial control.
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She simply nodded.
When he suggested comparing notes, she still gave no reaction, though she internally bristled. Unlike most Sith, it wasn't a matter of wanting to maintain her own power and wanting to keep secret rituals to herself, but because it was a matter of her people and their world. She was one piece of her world's immune system: a critical part of its ecosystem.
Or learn something new together, she said after a moment without further expansion. If both of their interests were in the arcane, there was a great deal of Sith alchemy and sorcery to be learned. They need not limit themselves simply to what they already knew and what she was wary to teach.
Good, let's go then, she said.
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They made their way into the woods and she had set to work quickly. Numerous runes were inscribed into the dirt with her hunting knife. Speed didn't necessitate the use of a lightsaber, so she opted for the version that would be more quickly washed away. She didn't need anyone coming to discover what had happened here.
You know, we may be able to just send him in with a bomb vest. Finish this all up once and for all, no more excessive fights or risking our lives, she said. She'd grown tired of the games they were playing here. Columex would come under Imperial control.
@LouJoVi