Istredd frowns and finds himself suddenly very protective of Lucifer. Stupid, maybe, but it doesn't sit well with him that the blame fell on him for everything. They really made you the entire sphere's villain. Ridiculous. They tried to do that to the elves in my sphere. To varying degrees of success, but the elves weren't the ultimate or original evil. It didn't stop them from almost being annihilated, despite having been on the continent before humans. And they equally weren't truly responsible for that.
That protectiveness turns into surprise at the story and he just stares at his friend the entire time he talks, not blinking. Istredd doesn't know how to feel about that, but there were a lot of people who died in this situation, so many of them down in the pit. The natives really had it bad, and they did on the outside too.
Lucifer is saying it as though he is solely doing it for his reputation in Nott, as if being responsible for one fisherman's death would matter more than Lyle Vela's support. This seems like a very strange situation, especially as it turned out the truth location was no where near Nott. So in a way, it was a pointless loss of life. But they didn't know it at the time.
"Lucifer, a warming log isn't going to do anything for them. He was probably the sole income for the family. They're going to need money." Which they don't have. They're not allowed to have things like that. "I think the better approach is to Lyle Vela. It may be that your reputation looks better if you display regret for what happened and ask him to help the family."
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That protectiveness turns into surprise at the story and he just stares at his friend the entire time he talks, not blinking. Istredd doesn't know how to feel about that, but there were a lot of people who died in this situation, so many of them down in the pit. The natives really had it bad, and they did on the outside too.
Lucifer is saying it as though he is solely doing it for his reputation in Nott, as if being responsible for one fisherman's death would matter more than Lyle Vela's support. This seems like a very strange situation, especially as it turned out the truth location was no where near Nott. So in a way, it was a pointless loss of life. But they didn't know it at the time.
"Lucifer, a warming log isn't going to do anything for them. He was probably the sole income for the family. They're going to need money." Which they don't have. They're not allowed to have things like that. "I think the better approach is to Lyle Vela. It may be that your reputation looks better if you display regret for what happened and ask him to help the family."