The paladin nodded at her question, his expression still one of conflict.
"It does. But it also conjures fear in me. The Inspector mentioned his son going through the same 'training' and it turned him into a hardened, uncaring murderer. The man I met in the hills was more than half-mad and was convinced the man running it was voidsent, and any who survived would return as demons."
He looked into her face plainly, his ever-present resolve having since faltered. "I don't know if they will return, or who they will be. I've failed them."
"It does. But it also conjures fear in me. The Inspector mentioned his son going through the same 'training' and it turned him into a hardened, uncaring murderer. The man I met in the hills was more than half-mad and was convinced the man running it was voidsent, and any who survived would return as demons."
He looked into her face plainly, his ever-present resolve having since faltered. "I don't know if they will return, or who they will be. I've failed them."