She turns to Vordana. "No. But I do judge anyone who makes comments that they are entitled to harm others." With a glance at the giantess she turns away. "In any case, my apologies to the group. I have let my own feelings of justice interfere."
She steps off and moves back to her mount. If anyone wants to have final words with the Cloud Giant her presence will no longer be helpful.
As no one has rushed forward with any last minute questions, and the tense conversaion is over with only a veneer of politeness, the giantess returns to her roc. She helps Glork mount in front of her, and although it's a tight squeeze, they both manage to fit on the large beast as it takes off and flies northward, leaving the party to organize themselves and get back on the road, without an ogre, but with a halfling tag-along.
OOC: Feel free to chat about the interaction and get back on the road and settle in for the night at your last stop on the road and eventually waking up. As I'm going to be traveling until the end of the month my posting here will be limited, so it'd be great if you can talk amongst yourselves and be ready for the final leg (and whatever challenges it brings) at the end of the month!
"Well it might be a lack of understanding but my experience of giants has not been a good one so far. It sounds like they are preparing to battle dragons. Should we just let them get on with it?"
He turned to Jaliera. "Actually, I can't help but think that it might be helpful if they decided to go at it. Fewer of both when it's done", he said with a grin.
She frowns slightly. "Perhaps, but with the attitude our Giantess just displayed of entitlement and uncaring for those they deem to be 'lesser' races, I suspect that those battles will spill over and affect many innocents. It would be best to stop the war before it starts, but if that is not feasible, while I'd prefer not to choose a side, it could be better if one side or the other won quickly. The question is which one? Evil Dragons are offset by Good Dragons. If the Giants unite around a faction who cares nothing for humanoids, and they win the battle, it could be a worse result. I wonder how strong the anti-war faction among the Giants is?"
"As with most interactions, one is left with more questions than answers. Further investigation is needed. Then maybe manipulation so that we end up on the better side of whatever is going to happen." He continued to gather his belongs after the fight and discussion. Mostly though he wandered around bloody. "And I really need to do something to stop all this leakage. I will have to do a song of healing."
With that he gives up gathering and goes back to offering respite for a short rest. It at least would assist any of their wounds a bit more.
He looked at Zhu and shrugged. "So you want to have things continue as they are with giants and dragons wreaking havoc on small folk that have not done anything against them."
Looking at the Bern, he asked, "who would you attack? How do you prevent more bloodshed from your current informational standpoint? We know nothing. Without attacking them all, we can't act. Unless you know something I don't? The reason I feel we need to learn more."
He looked at him for a moment long and asked "what do you propose we do?"
"I actually don't think we have all the information that we need. It's good to have gotten a bit of a history lesson but I get a sense that there's more to what's going on than what we know now. This just gives me the appetite to learn more."
She turns to Zhu, "Do you pay mind to the insects that you squash under your feet? To the small critters that might get trampled by our horses? Perhaps that is all that they consider us? Sindar is right. This just means we have more to investigate."
The tressym emerges from almost trying to hide behind Vordana while the giant and giant bird were here. Now that everyone remaining is normal sized, she emerges a bit more confident. She flies off to tour the battlefield and collect some of the spent arrows, something Vordana had trained her to do.
It's not as fun as catching furry creatures, but she expects she'll get a back scratch reward.
He agrees with Zindra and Sindar too and simply nods his head. Perhaps when they reach Shadowtop Cathedral, Davroar hopes they can get more information about the giants.
For now he ignores his injuries and walks over to the dead bandits that surrounded him and Sindar. Looking over the bodies he will gather any valuables into a small pile then looks around to find where they can drag the bodies off the road, while asking anyone, "We should move the bodies off the road. Help keep the road safe from scavengers."
She offers a sad look to Zindra, but doesn't bother to answer, as it would gain nothing to extend an argument that has no resolution. She simply notes the opinions offered for future reference and moves to gather up the remaining horses looking into their saddlebags to see if anything important might be found. She especially checks the dead mounts of the ones who seemed to be leaders.
Taking the horses leads, she strings them together and ties the lead to her own saddle.
"As she said, she was never really in a position of negotiator or interlocutor for her people or related kinds. If she had been, then the prospect of allying and collaborating with the present occupants instead of creating a second enemy in the name of fending off the first would have been a strong angle to go for, and there may yet be those with whom we can suggest such things. For now, a crash course in the Giant tongue would be a worthy way to while the journey."
On Flycatcher's return she is rewarded with a deep backscratch. Vordanna collects the arrows and selecting the best brings them to the group.
"Some of the better arrows from the field. Flycatcher is off collecting more but these should be of use. I'm fairly useless when it comes to translating giant."
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