2/10/2026, 12:18 AM
Mere interest. The nomad’s brown eyes flash, then are overcast anew. He advances a pace.
“I was a soldier for the empire, then sold myself on the road. The risk of death has always been my lot in life. But it need not be your’s, Empress. Not while I am near.”
There are perhaps glimpses of disarment— a brightening in her features, an added spirit to the noble aspect. Though loth to look elsewhere, Batu kneels, his bow a pledge in body to the Imperial Highness; her blade to command.
“I set my life between heaven’s mercy and harm.”
“I was a soldier for the empire, then sold myself on the road. The risk of death has always been my lot in life. But it need not be your’s, Empress. Not while I am near.”
There are perhaps glimpses of disarment— a brightening in her features, an added spirit to the noble aspect. Though loth to look elsewhere, Batu kneels, his bow a pledge in body to the Imperial Highness; her blade to command.
“I set my life between heaven’s mercy and harm.”
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