Skoll stares at Lucia, waiting for her to answer his question. She never did talk about what happened when the demons attacked her and that elf. Skoll tried probing for more information, but she couldn't find the words to describe what happened. "Let's change the subject." Skoll says, trying to get her to talk about something instead of being this quiet. "The elves managed to defeat Arion. They could put a party together and stop the demon horde." Lucia doesn't react. Instead, she takes another sip of alcohol to calm her nerves. She might have been calm and collected shortly after she came back here, but all of the stress is starting to come out all at once. "How many of us have to die in order to have peace?" Her words hit Skoll hard, but the feeling quickly fades away. "It's just how life is." Skoll responds, knowing that what he says won't help her. "Pain makes us enjoy the simple things in life even more. Besides, if the elves kill themselves to stop them, that's better for us,
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