Catching sight of Johann’s look from the corner of her eye Lee discretely shook her head. It was no joke. While Miss Signy might not have looked the part but the young girl was a bona fide Grey Warden. To be fair she had no idea what a Grey Warden was meant to look like. There was no mark that branded them that declared them as such. They were touted as grand heroes of the people so often that it was easy to forget that they were people like any other.
Hands clasped firmly behind her back the mage stood tall behind the two dwarves, feeling slightly awkward and entirely gigantesque, as they talked. Lashes lowered and her jaw clenched as she thought of the people Johann was trying to rescue by coming to them. How many would be lost by the time they could send aid to them? How many had fallen elsewhere, beyond their scope of knowledge? This was not supposed to happen. Blights did not come this often. They were not meant to return mere years later from the depths for some disturbing parody of an encore performance.
Taking a steadying breath, shoulders straightening, she gazed down at Johann with determination blazing in her eyes. “If I am able I shall lend my assistance as well. And Miss Signy is correct. Those with us will agree to aid those people, they will not be abandoned. Of that I am certain.” What was left unsaid was that there might be nothing left to save but Lee hoped desperately that would not be the case. Hands clenching she prayed to an absent god she scarcely believed in to let these people live. May the Maker let all of them live.
Nodding along with the decision to make their way to the castle one foot rose and fell uselessly back to the ground as Signy paused in front of her. Head tilting to the side she waited curiously to see what the problem was. As the young girl’s question registered Lee’s face softened and a smile spread across her face. As Johann led the younger dwarf toward their destination, explaining the mysteries of the hornet all the while, Lee fell in line behind them.