[Video] filtered to Ashe (forward dated a few days)

[lionwarhero.livejournal.com]

M'Lady,

Less I be remiss in my duties, I must request additional leave of your services.

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[Video]

[mademyresolve.livejournal.com]

[The request comes as a surprise, hence there must be a significant cause. Or, perhaps his health is not as improved as she was led to believe...]

And I grant it; yet I must ask as to the reason.

[Video]

[lionwarhero.livejournal.com]

[There was much he dared not share regarding its sensitivities, lest she misunderstand the necessity of the task before him.]

Orbonne Monastery requires my assistance.

[He pauses, knowing he should add more.]

A Mindflayer has taken resident in its basement near a Myrrh tree. I must react before anyone is injured.

[Video]

[mademyresolve.livejournal.com]

A Mindflayer...

[She frowns, remembering the instance when she and her allies had tracked down the very same fiend deep within the Henne Mines. It hadn't been an easy victory, and the prospect of Delita going alone concerns her.]

I have encountered such before.

[Video]

[lionwarhero.livejournal.com]

As have I. 'Tis not an uncommon foe, yet the monks worry about the strength possessed.

[Delita's concern runs deep indeed and his stoic persona is marred by the stress lines uncharacteristically showing.]

I have no choice but to go.

[Uncertainty at success is not an option and help will most likely be required, yet he hesitates for he knows what lay beneath the floors in the Monastery.]

[Video]

[mademyresolve.livejournal.com]

[Knowing Delita has experience with such a creature is only slightly reassuring - going alone is not wise, but equally his sense of duty to a place of his homeworld is understandable. She, too, frowns, trying to think of a solution.]

It would not be wise to face this foe alone. You mean to leave immediately?

[Video] Be patient, he will ask eventually

[lionwarhero.livejournal.com]

I must leave on the morrow. I cannot ill afford to postpone any longer.

[The pressure that assistance will be needed weighs greatly on him, but asking for help does not come easily. Those that we would have called are on Gaia no longer.]

I fear this battle may be tough, yet I cannot ask my men to risk their lives on this task. Even though they would not hesitate to join, the burden is too great for them to bear.

[He simply cannot chance that they would yield to the temptation.]

[Video] *Is patient*

[mademyresolve.livejournal.com]

Take whatever you need by way of resources and transportation.

[Uncertain as to his meaning, Ashe frowns. She fails to understand what is meant by a 'burden', yet does not press him on the matter. Not yet, at least.]

Delita... Are you certain your health is aptly recovered for this?

[Video]

[lionwarhero.livejournal.com]

No resources will be required as I dare not delay in return to Warjilis.

[Yet Ashe speaks true. His strength has diminished from the near constant battles and his own curative expertise is limited forcing this heartfelt resignation.]

Ashelia, my health is sufficient for the task at hand yet I fear failure would be imminent without the assistance of a mage of the white order.

[Must it always be so difficult to admit one's weakness and humble themselves in question for assistance.]

I had wished to handle this of my own accord, but I am resigned to admit that I would prefer your assistance should you be amenable.

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[mademyresolve.livejournal.com]

[With the hefty Sword of Kings strapped to her back, the princess certainly appears prepared. The excursion to her ancestor's resting place is close to resolution and, though she meant to return immediately to her husband and son, Delita, who had willingly placed himself in danger on her behalf time and time again, is requesting her aid. A moment, and she nods.]

This I can do.

[Stubborn as she had once been, Ashe knows that success often rests on the support of allies.]

I will be there as you request, yet I must first conclude my task here.

[Video]

[lionwarhero.livejournal.com]

I shall await your presence whence upon I arrive at the Monastery.

[dewdrop-pebbles.livejournal.com]

[Overhearing, given Ashe's current proximity to herself.]

I wish to join you, as well.

[lionwarhero.livejournal.com]

[He knows he cannot do this alone.]

I will not deny your assistance, but know that this mission is perilous indeed.

[dewdrop-pebbles.livejournal.com]

I understand. Yet, how could I deny a friend if need of aid?

[lionwarhero.livejournal.com]

[Those words are so foreign to him.]

Then I shall look to your arrival.

[dewdrop-pebbles.livejournal.com]

I cannot promise it will be immediate, yet we will arrive as soon as we are able.

[lionwarhero.livejournal.com]

'Tis understandable. I would not wish to take you from your present task.

[dewdrop-pebbles.livejournal.com]

We will not be long, if all goes well.