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Nihm pinched her lips together, trying to steady the trembling coming from her lower jaw. She attempted to reassure herself that she was strong enough to withstand all of this. You’ve beheaded chickens before, Nihm… this isn’t any different, right? Blood is blood. Killing them has served a purpose; it has kept us all safe. Just like killing a chicken feeds Mother and I. Except we aren’t going to eat these men… Maybe comparing these guards to chickens wasn’t such a safe idea after all. Nihm doubled over as she emptied her stomach contents onto the blood soaked floor. If it wasn’t for the vile stench she would have stayed down there as the entanglements continued. She raised herself on shaky knees just in time to watch the female by the entrance gracefully incapacitate three grown men, completely capturing the attention of the tavern.

“Might as well pick one up, honey, you’ll need it.” Her soothing voice flickered as a sword skidded to her feet. Nihm felt the voices of a hundred different opinions swimming through her dizzy head. Is this what it took to be respected, to pick up arms? Or was this more of a declaration of independence. No man tried to order this woman around or harm her. And if one tried, they were put down easily and effectively. No. She refused to fight, but she also didn’t accept death so easily.

A more abrasive voice addressed her, "Nihm, that information won't be any good to you if you're dead. Just go with Talice!"

That didn’t settle well. Nihm glanced to the well-skilled woman. People need to stop telling me what to do and how to do it. I have a brain in my head! her inner voice screamed. She certainly wasn’t ready to commit her life to war or violence, but people certainly treated you differently when you carried one of these. she told herself as she picked up the sword, the unaccustomed weight requiring two hands.

Nihm spoke softly to Talice, “I’m going wherever he does.” She announced, lightly pointing the tip of the sword towards Raythe. She had seen that coat once before when she was small. A man, broken and bleeding, had collapsed just outside of their inn, The Spotted Doe. It had taken quite a while before Nihm and her mother were able to trace the source of the faded knocking sound. After finding the man, they immediately brought him inside, cleared off the kitchen table and started cleansing and bandaging his wounds. It was only after they nursed him back to health that they found out that he was a commander for the Siis army. Nihm stormed to her room and cried. She felt as though she had betrayed her father by helping the enemy. Her mother came in and started brushing her hair, “No, darling. You’ve made your father proud, Nihm. We’ve done exactly as he would want us to.” When they woke up the next morning, the officer was gone. He had left a note and promised that he would someday return the favor and settle this debt.

Whether this man, with the same coat, knew of the injured man or not – it didn’t matter. As far as Nihm was concerned he would either know something of her father, or need to repay the debt that his comrade offered. She wasn’t letting him out of her sight. She squeezed her hand tightly around the hilt of the sword, realizing that the trembling of her lip had long since abandoned her.