Prison break fail
11-02-2019, 10:55 PM
Baffled by such an offensive question Balsam leaned back so he could look down his nose at Riva. "Of course not," he said indignantly. "But if I run away like a-" he very nearly said 'woman' but caught himself. He'd learned quite quickly that the women of Boreas were easily offended. "Like a coward my honor will never recover." She asked about his endgame and he raised his chin, his jaw set, and said, "I'm going to beat him, take his tail and stroll out of here a free man." The woman passed him what he guessed were things for his nose and he dutifully stuffed them up his beak. "Yes." Balsam leaned down and towards her so she could look at the gashes that littered his scruff. "He's not going to win," Balsam said firmly. "But even death would be a victory so long as my heart stays steadfast." After a beat he caved a little and added, "But I would hate to go so soon. We haven't even butted heads much yet him so...do what you can, eh?" Infection would be a terribly boring way to go anyway. |