"The people of Solvunn hold fast to their faith, their families, and their community," he replies, his tone measured. "A successful harvest, healthy livestock, and strong, hardy children matter more than a nebulous artifact they'll never leave the settlement to see."
It's clear he hasn't thrown in with all that, but neither is he about to smear them for it, as the child of homebody country folk himself. He gets it, he does, and as comfortable as he is in the settlement, doing the sort of work he loves, he knows it's time to get a move on.
He'd seen this man on the battlefield, too-- hard to miss, as gigantic as he is, and he'd been injured by one of Solvunn's own, hadn't he?
"No real wonderin' about it. What can Thorne tell me about the Singularity?"
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"The people of Solvunn hold fast to their faith, their families, and their community," he replies, his tone measured. "A successful harvest, healthy livestock, and strong, hardy children matter more than a nebulous artifact they'll never leave the settlement to see."
It's clear he hasn't thrown in with all that, but neither is he about to smear them for it, as the child of homebody country folk himself. He gets it, he does, and as comfortable as he is in the settlement, doing the sort of work he loves, he knows it's time to get a move on.
He'd seen this man on the battlefield, too-- hard to miss, as gigantic as he is, and he'd been injured by one of Solvunn's own, hadn't he?
"No real wonderin' about it. What can Thorne tell me about the Singularity?"