Jess walks off with Zane leaving the other to handle the kender. She is growling softly as they walk off. Annoce stares at him knowing if for but a moment he were to look away the kender would take the chance to disappear from sight and they never receive the answers they seek. Latsol starts to move off of Ram whom has been laying there watching the exchange. Ram puts hands on him and gruffs softly before speaking, “You shall answer the questions before the group chooses what to do with you thee.”
Latsol has the good sense to still and nod his head. Sunny waves a hand for the others to bring him closer to fire so all may see his face and tell whether or not he is speaking the truth. Once all whom remained are once again seated they turn to the kender. Sunny gives him the motherly face of when a child has done something wrong. “What do you have to say for yourself Latsol? We left you in the cell. This was for your protection as well as our own. Dragon shifters do not take kindly to your kind. We are trying to help them and wish for them not to see our group as a threat. However you choose to find a way to be with us.” Sunny speaks softly to him.
He shivers as he listens to her. He hangs his head in shame knowing he should have stayed in the cell. He took it as a challenge to free himself. Latsol was never one to sit still for long. Kenders tend to have wanderlust and do not do well when confined in small places. If you could keep one for more than three hours, confined people of all races found they had time to hide what they treasured most.
He hangs his head before speaking to the group in front of him, “I do not like being in a cell. Never have and never will. When put in one I take my time looking this over and finding the weak spot to find a way out. I know you all wished for me to stay on those lands but I wished not to be left behind from my friends. With my wife still angry with me. This group is my family. As for how I left my cell they have a small fault in them. You see there is a gap big enough for someone my size to slip through. I will show you all when we return there. Please do not send me away. I promise on my glided tiger paw that I shall behave for the rest of this trip. I will not even speak when we are with the dragons. If you wish you could have David chain me so I do not wander away from the group while we are there.”
Sunny watches him the whole of his little speech. Watching for his little twitches he has when lying to someone. None of them are present as he spoke. She looks to David and then Annoce. They both know him very well and will be able to spot if he spoke the truth or not. If not they will send a message with him tied up back to Jess’s pack. Annoce sighs and looks at David. Whom looks at the rest of the group before turning to Annoce.
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David speaks to Annoce and Sunny, “He is telling the truth this time. Though what are we to do? The dragons may take his presents as a threat on sight and try to kill us, or lock us all in cells for bringing him onto their lands. Sadly I had thought this may happen and did indeed pack a set of manacles. This was so we could cuff him to the wagon.” Sunny chuckles under her breath having seen him pack them. They are a full set. Meaning the kender will not be able to move much for his neck, hands, waist, and ankles will be chained together.
Sunny looks to Jess whom is in Zane’s lap. This is to keep her from letting her wolf free to kill Latsol. The group all know him being here is a direct challenge to her leadership. Which in a wolf pack means a fight to the death. Though their group is not formed as a pack in that sense. For this reason only she tries to calm herself and her wolf. Sunny speaks softly, “Well we do have the means to restrain him if we choose for him to continue with us. If we choose to send him back one of us must go with him to ensure he arrives where we wish him to be. I believe we as a group should vote on this. What say yee?” Everyone looks at her and nods their heads. Lastol smiles softly before nodding his head.
Sunny gives him the look a mother gives a child to shush them before speaking, “I will call out the names and then the person or wolf will answer. Only those I call will speak. No one else. Ram what say ye?” He thinks for a moment. “Unless one of our group stays with him to ensure he stays in place he will just follow us again. I say bring him but the chains are a must. The dragons will not allow him near their lands without them.” Sunny nods to him before calling Zane’s name.
“I will have to agree with Ram as much as I do not wish to. His point has truth behind it.” Sunny nods then calls Jess. She growls before shaking her head to speak, “Zane and Ram are both right. We shall bring him however if the chain comes off then Latsol will pay with pain. They are to stay on until we are leagues from their lands on the way home.” Sunny smiles and nods before turning to David.”What say yee Dad?”
He grumps and huffs before speaking, “We shall have to bring his ass with us. Though the chains will be on him when this is done. This is so we know where the little bastard is at all times.” She nods before asking Annoce his choice. Annoce sighs softly looking around the group. “Unmistakably the whole of the group seems to think on the same matter. We have to bring him unless we wish for him to follow without our knowledge. Which would mean his death. I do not see a way for him not to be with us. So I say put the chains on him now.” She looks to David and nods.
