[ Really, he ought to recognize a son of one of the High Houses. For one of his station, the inner workings of Ishgard should be- perhaps not forefront in his mind, but the very simplest of things he ought to be aware of. He ought to know who he should be at least pretending to show respect to, in the unpleasant way that Ser Marcelain does.
There are a lot of things he ought to do. But as so few of them end with his spear coming to rest between scales, very few of them get done. He has not committed the faces of the sons of Haillenarte to memory. Perhaps this would not be a problem if he had only arrived a moment earlier, in time to catch Marcelain addressing Francel by title. As it is, however- ]
What news of Svara? If she intends to join her minions- hmph. [ He can draw Svara away. He can face down any number of lesser dragons. He cannot do both, and he knows full well what either could do to the locks. ] Ride on ahead, if she has been sighted. Tell the lord boy to evacuate any man who cannot carry a sword. And himself, perhaps.
[ Yes, he's pretty sure that Francel is just the messenger boy. Behind him, even Marcelain seems a little taken aback by the impropriety. Or maybe amused. Both? Probably both.]
IN WHICH A MISTAKE IS MADE
[ Really, he ought to recognize a son of one of the High Houses. For one of his station, the inner workings of Ishgard should be- perhaps not forefront in his mind, but the very simplest of things he ought to be aware of. He ought to know who he should be at least pretending to show respect to, in the unpleasant way that Ser Marcelain does.
There are a lot of things he ought to do. But as so few of them end with his spear coming to rest between scales, very few of them get done. He has not committed the faces of the sons of Haillenarte to memory. Perhaps this would not be a problem if he had only arrived a moment earlier, in time to catch Marcelain addressing Francel by title. As it is, however- ]
What news of Svara? If she intends to join her minions- hmph. [ He can draw Svara away. He can face down any number of lesser dragons. He cannot do both, and he knows full well what either could do to the locks. ] Ride on ahead, if she has been sighted. Tell the lord boy to evacuate any man who cannot carry a sword. And himself, perhaps.
[ Yes, he's pretty sure that Francel is just the messenger boy. Behind him, even Marcelain seems a little taken aback by the impropriety. Or maybe amused. Both? Probably both.]