[Ethlyn nods, her expression growing more serious. What disturbs her most about the parchment isn't just that she's being accused of a crime by people who don't, frankly, have the right or reason to pass judgment on actions done in a land they can't possibly claim authority over. It's that they've accused her of something she hasn't done.]
No. It could be easy to become complacent here, I think. [It's something she feels herself having to guard against--she can never be truly easy until she knews what became of Quan and Altena in the battle against the dracoknights, but the fact that she herself did not survive feels like a closed door behind her, and she knows that it isn't.] And that is a danger--possibly as dangerous as any treacherous duke or bandit.
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No. It could be easy to become complacent here, I think. [It's something she feels herself having to guard against--she can never be truly easy until she knews what became of Quan and Altena in the battle against the dracoknights, but the fact that she herself did not survive feels like a closed door behind her, and she knows that it isn't.] And that is a danger--possibly as dangerous as any treacherous duke or bandit.