
"Mistress, the Captain has delivered a report."
"You interrupt us for this, pet."
"Yes Mistress. I submit to your punishment."
"Tell me."
"Yes Mistress. The Wall mission has concluded. The Aster and Torch forces were wiped out. Lieutenant Morgan Drage and one Private Torrad Bash survived. The Lieutenant surrendered, while the Private was bribed. Edda Eglantine was wounded, as was Chachanji Gegenji, neither seriously. Dederu Deru was slain. No Falling Stars Bright Ones were recovered."
"What an interesting reversal. Does this please you? That even your Clipped-Tails could prove so formidable?"
"..."
"I assume they were helped."
"Yes, mistress. The former knight Enju Abbagliato, and the foreign pugilist, Virara Wakuwa."
"Indeed. That clarifies matters."
"Yes, Mistress."
"The Captain proceeds as planned?"
"Yes, Mistress."
"Good. Inform him I am slightly displeased, but far less than I will be if I must come and tend to affairs myself. Then return to me, here. For your punishment."
"Yes, Mistress. In.. front of Him, Mistress?"
"Do you question me?"
"Never, Mistress. I am yours."
"Yes, you are. Go."
"Yes, Mistress."
"I am surprised."
"Oh?"
"Even our slaves... are mightier than your soldiers. Laughable."
"And yet even your soldiers become my slaves. She has all of her tail, you know."
"Liar."
"I will show you. It was easier than you might think. You made them thus. All of them. One step from submission. And so."
"You think to rile me up? Bring me to rage? Pathetic. I know your game, now."
"Perhaps. But there are more stages to play. Perhaps I will remove one of their masks. Perhaps it will be one you care about. Perhaps.. what was her name?"
"..."
"Ah yes. Anista."
"..."
"There, then, is the rage."
"You interrupt us for this, pet."
"Yes Mistress. I submit to your punishment."
"Tell me."
"Yes Mistress. The Wall mission has concluded. The Aster and Torch forces were wiped out. Lieutenant Morgan Drage and one Private Torrad Bash survived. The Lieutenant surrendered, while the Private was bribed. Edda Eglantine was wounded, as was Chachanji Gegenji, neither seriously. Dederu Deru was slain. No Falling Stars Bright Ones were recovered."
"What an interesting reversal. Does this please you? That even your Clipped-Tails could prove so formidable?"
"..."
"I assume they were helped."
"Yes, mistress. The former knight Enju Abbagliato, and the foreign pugilist, Virara Wakuwa."
"Indeed. That clarifies matters."
"Yes, Mistress."
"The Captain proceeds as planned?"
"Yes, Mistress."
"Good. Inform him I am slightly displeased, but far less than I will be if I must come and tend to affairs myself. Then return to me, here. For your punishment."
"Yes, Mistress. In.. front of Him, Mistress?"
"Do you question me?"
"Never, Mistress. I am yours."
"Yes, you are. Go."
"Yes, Mistress."
"I am surprised."
"Oh?"
"Even our slaves... are mightier than your soldiers. Laughable."
"And yet even your soldiers become my slaves. She has all of her tail, you know."
"Liar."
"I will show you. It was easier than you might think. You made them thus. All of them. One step from submission. And so."
"You think to rile me up? Bring me to rage? Pathetic. I know your game, now."
"Perhaps. But there are more stages to play. Perhaps I will remove one of their masks. Perhaps it will be one you care about. Perhaps.. what was her name?"
"..."
"Ah yes. Anista."
"..."
"There, then, is the rage."