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Shurik waited on his haunches at the riverbank, his low murmurings coming down to complete silence as he finished the ritual cleaning of his blade and carefully returned it to its sheath, listening to the rasp of the curved blade against the rough leather of the weapon's holster. He secured his weapons in their sheaths, and then hauled up the hem of his robes, revealing thick cloth trousers and tall black boots. The assassin folded the hems of his pants and slipped them into the top of the boots, cinching each tightly with a short length of cloth before lowering his robes again. The assassin listened to Shawn speak to Rose, making his best attempts at comforting her. Shurik appreciated his attempts at increasing the obviously troubled Rose's morale, although his speech was a little ambiguous; and although the assassin appreciated the barbarian's skills both on and off the battlefield more than a 'civilized' person would, even he had to admit that Holyfield's speech wasn't the vest for increasing morale at all times.

He stood, his feet falling softly as always across the cool grass, as he stood alongside rose. His low voice was still the same calm, detached rumble as before as he said, "What Shawn means is that the Valigart are obviously more than a match for any Legionaries that may have breached the wall. Should your sisters have fallen, it was only because they lost their footing on a rampart choked with the bodies of their enemies." The assassin stood with his arms crossed, looking downriver.

"We have to go," Shurik stated matter-of-factly, hearing the clanking of Legion armor on the field far away. "The river is low and the banks are exposed; the mud will bog down our progress, and there will no doubt be some sort of cover on the spillway; a cover that will no doubt take significant time and effort to breach." With that stated, the assassin freed his knife from its sheath and withdrew his sword from its loop, taking a few test swings, readjusting his arm to its almost unfamiliar weight. "I will move ahead and attempt to scout what we will be dealing with. I would suggest that if anyone were to join me, it would be Rose or Shawn."