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Interrogating your would-be assassin.

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Cold stone, the swill of air filled with damp, unwashed bodies, old blood. The torches flicker pitifully down here; fighting for each lick of the flame against soot-stained wall. Guards stand at attention, silent, livery and skin both looking sallow in the weak light.

The sounds are not much better. Men coughing wetly, cries that go unheeded, others who clutch bruised ribs and beg for mercy. Alas, but justice must be blind, and deaf as well. Such is it to keep the peace of the land.

And all the while, a black shadow kneels, unwilling, at their feet. Hooded, cloaked, a pool of black wool. Bright, icy eyes glare up through mussed white hair. A heavy braid lays over his shoulder, half undone in the struggle to capture him, the tie long lost. A chain rattles as he strains against the binds around his wrists, no doubt bruising his dark skin.

An odd set of features, to be sure. Sun-darkened skin, glacial eyes, pale hair. Yet, harmonious in his face with his full lips and high cheekbones. A set of features that marks him, sure as a brand, as a Member of the *Odrac*. An ancient and tight-knit nomadic group, traveling the width and breadth of Allunde. Known and valued for their blade-skill and artisanship. And yet here one knelt, alone, drenched in shadow where his skin bathed in swaths of brightly dyed wool.

His name, Mijequin Aemaire. A man known to those in power, through money or through blood. Am assasin who had abandoned his home and people in order to take up work as a paid blade. One who had very nearly managed to sink his blade into their throat; stopped at the very last moment, more luck than anything.

And now, lain low, stripped of his weapons, and chained to the floor. He had so far refused drink, food, had spat upon the offer. He bristles even now, after hours. White teeth glint as he bears them in a snarl. He would reveal nothing. Not who had paid him, not when, not even the reason why someone may want them dead to begin with. Truly, an annoying habit.

Instead of nicely volunteering the knowledge he surely has; he sneers. Seemingly unbothered by the bruise blooming on his cheek, jaw. Undoubtedly the rest forming along his body from the scuffle and.. persuasion. Yet his breathing is harsh, dark circles beginning to form under his eyes. Who knew how long it had been since he slept?

"*Chenahk,*" he spits, an old Odrac curse, "You wish for things that would do you no service. I have made my oaths, and I would not break them for the likes of *you*."

He huffs a strained laugh, leaning back on his haunches, tilting his head back to expode the column of his throat.

"Come, then. As you will with me. You'll find just as much information from my tongue when it is cold."

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A bot! Shocker, I know.

Ive been trying to write more, hopefully a few more coming out soon -<3