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1b.
Maeye: Is this really the only way?
Ryder: Yes, lass. This is best for all of us.

2a.
Ryder: M'lady.
Arayanna: Thank you for helping us, Ryder.
Ryder: Aye. Your head is far too pretty to lop off, m'lady. Funny ears and all.
2b.
Arayanna: Thank you, good sir. I wish there was some way I could repay you.
Ryder: Well, you could make mw a promise.
Arayanna: You need only ask.
Maeye: Hello, Beautiful!

3a.
Maeye: What's your name, pretty girl?
Ryder: Take care of her.
Arayanna: I will guard her with my life. This I promise.
3b.
Ryder: And how about one more promise?
Arayanna: Yes?
Ryder: Thar we meet again someday.

4a.
Maeye: Yes!!
Maeye: We will meet again! One year from today we will all meet at the Blue Heron!
Arayanna: Agreed!
Ryder: If I am alive, I will be there, lass.
4b.
Arayanna: Until we meet again.
Maeye: Goodbye, my friend.
Ryder: Fare thee well, ladies. Take care of each other!

5a.
Arayanna: So your cousin Pretah was one of those condemning me as a sorceress?
Maeye: Yes. The ungrateful bitch.
Maeye: But that Mi'yalla... she was the real problem, going on about the law this and the law that.
5b.
Maeye: Aray?
Arayanna: Yes, Maeye?
Maeye: Are you?

6a.
Arayanna: No sweet child, I am not a sorceress.
Maeye: Than how were you doing magic? I didn't see it, I was still buried in rubble, but everyone said you shot blue lightning from your hand and blue fire from your eyes. And I saw what remained of that big fire demon. He was all but split in half!
6b.
Arayanna: I was notg using magic. Briegielle was and she was using me as her power source.
Maeye: Briegielle?
Arayanna: Uh huh.
Maeye: The big shiny knife?
Arayanna: That's the one.

7.
Maeye: You have a lot of explaining to do.
Arayanna: Oh I do, do I?
Maeye: Uh huh.
Arayanna: And if I choose not to?
Maeye: Then I will have to give you a proper spanking.
Arayanna: Well then...
Arayanna: I do not think I will be doing any explaining at all.