N: It took a few minutes for Valmoria to explain…
Val: …Then we got ambushed outside of the settlement by a team of the golems. Well, we found out they aren’t golems. They are people that were transformed into statues that are still sentient and animated by the amulets we were tasked to acquire.
Renna: OK, not sure where the problem is yet.
Val: One of the statues is one of Ilyana’s old teammates… The one named Mara.
Renna: … Shit! That’s going to mess up Mistresses’ test to see how humans develop on their own in altered bodies. Where are you now?
Val: Yeah… We are in the settlement. They call it New Seattle and Ilyana is in the middle of being reunited with the Tiefling as we speak.
Renna: Damn. Could you have done nothing to stop them? We took Ilyana in to rescue her. The other elf just disappeared, now we’re about to lose the control group. Lilly is going to be upset…
Val: I… I couldn’t think of a way to stop it Renna. I…
Renna: You what…?
Val: Ilyana is really... In her entire time on my team I’ve never seen her this happy… Even if I could have come up with a reason that was plausible to stop the reunion I wouldn’t have. I couldn’t…
Renna: Ah… Heh. I think you getting soft in your old age Valmoria.
Val: OLD??? You are older than me! We haven’t even hit 500 yet! I… <sigh> She… She was right up in my face Renna… The joy she radiated… She was so close to my face that she wouldn’t have been able to defend against my gaze had I cleared the lens of my visor… There wasn’t hint of fear or trepidation in her gaze. She didn’t care that I was a Medusa. She trusts me completely. I… I couldn’t refuse her at that point… Besides, wasn’t it your control room team’s responsibility to keep tabs on the Tiefling’s location?
Renna: Ah… Yes. Yes, it was… OK, I guess I can see why you couldn’t say no. <sigh> OK, standby. I’ll brief Lilly on the situation and give you her instructions.
Val: All right.
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