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Huh, they'd never said they were the only ones, but somehow she just kind of assumed. "You'll have to introduce me sometime. With any luck, at least one of you will have some appreciation for-"

She cuts herself off. There's one guess for why it might just be the two of them here, given that Luzai is from Geb. Why does she keep sticking her foot in her mouth? "Er, that is, if they are..."

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"Father wanted a large experimental group. Most of them are more...ethically challenged, than I am--but there isn't a one of us that doesn't have a good relationship with our living mothers. When Villibor and I are strong enough we're going to go back and rescue the rest of them." 

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"Naithrope doesn't count, she has a good relationship with Auntie Medya and that's what matters." 

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"That's good news, at least. I kind of get the impression that we're supposed to stay out of Geb after what happened last time, but if you end up needing assistance..."

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"There's a difference between poking the ghost-king himself and/or the nation, and poking individual blood lords! People poke individual blood lords all the time. Mostly other blood lords, but like, I do not expect that a small-scale rescue mission is going to cause problems. The dhampir project isn't anything but a personal interest of Father's." 

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"Besides, Father has a very strong sense of self-preservation. If we show up with enough force to cause him serious problems, and make specific demands, I expect he'll just fold without it actually coming to blows. He's from Avistan originally, actually, and he took one look at your not-yet-goddess and decided to be on a different continent from the Shining Crusade."

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"I think it would be a little hubristic to imagine we'll be as scary as Iomedae," Luzai points out. Not more hubristic than she is, no, but more hubristic than she would like to admit in public while still first circle. 

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"He didn't wait until she was famous to flee! And we don't need him to run away, just to give us our surviving family." 

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"Oh, that's much more achievable then." Frankly a blood lord seems similarly out of their reach right now, but hey, she thought the same thing about surviving those two demons earlier. "Just got to get in enough fights first. Speaking of, I'm going to see if they urgently need another paladin anywhere. Have you two got any plans for this afternoon?"

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"Not specifically, albeit ultimately I do intend to introduce Villibor to the others."

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"Good idea. Maybe he and Camellia will hit it off, I kind of have the impression she doesn't get out much."

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"We'll see. Might as well make her next, then." 

As they weave their way through the crowd from Seelah to Camellia, Luzai warns her brother, "Camellia was a little bit of a bitch to Lann at a bad moment--it ultimately didn't end up mattering much, but I don't think she understood the problem." 

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Snort. "Because being badly socialized is something I've never seen." 

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"Mm. I will say she certainly doesn't seem as badly off as Mentu." 

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"If she were, I would be impressed." 

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"Yeah. --Hey! Camellia! This is my twin brother, Villibor. Villibor, this is Camellia, who is good with a rapier and is not a cleric." 

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"Ah, yes, the two most important things about me - that I use a weapon and don't follow a god." She then turns her attention to Villibor, and once she drops the sarcasm her voice carries an even more obviously aristocratic diction than usual. "Charmed, I'm sure. I presume you share her aversion to positive energy?"

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"Yes. And her proclivity for wizardry." 

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"Most people who aren't clerics can't cast divine spells!"

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"Kenabres has a rather unusual number of exceptions, but I suppose that's fair enough. Enough about that, then - you seemed rather more distracted in that last fight than usual, especially after you did that little lightshow. Did something happen?"

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Ah, shit, Camellia noticed. 

 

"Yooouuu are not wrong but for reasons of personal secrecy I'm not going to say what." 

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The girl raises one elegant eyebrow.

"Well, I suppose everyone is entitled to their secrets. What does bring you over here, then? Is it simply introductions en route to claim your part of the reward?"

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The--oh right. She had sort of forgotten about Horgus Gwerm. 

"Introductions! Everyone who knows me should know my brother."

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"Unfortunately, Mentu isn't here." 

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