MandrakeThe Mandrake's words are barely comprehensible: the creature is clearly not accustomed to the tongue of its dark kin. "The Dracn din't offer a scrifice for our dids. The Dracn must become the scrifice."
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Heinrix"It appears that the consequences of a certain someone's actions have caught up to them."
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Jae"Oh, you can have him! I'm sure no one will miss him."
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Solomorne"This xenos's actions have done great harm to Humanity, and justice demands that—" Solomorne falters. "No, I can't lie to myself — I don't want any human being to sully their weapon with killing that scumbag. Let him be devoured by his own kind."
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MarazhaiMarazhai places a hand on his weapon. His voice sounds calm but his gaze is tense as he peers at the dark creature before him. "You should not have crawled out of the abyss that your wretched kind call home. Consider our pact broken. Nazrakhei did not hold up his end of the bargain, so I had to finish the job myself."
Mandrake"The rsult... matters not. The scrifice will be made." The Mandrake's head turns to you. "Make the sacrifice, mon-keigh. The tribe never relents. The tribe will find you."
YOU[Give Marazhai to the Mandrakes] "Take the xenos. I have no need of him."
MarazhaiMarazhai gives you a look of bafflement and fury but does not get the chance to say anything in response.
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YOU"Marazhai stays with me. Away with you, beasts!"
MarazhaiThe Drukhari draws his weapon. "And if your filth needs a lesson in the language of pain..."
Mandrake"Hshhh... Senseless crture. The tribe will fnd you. The tribe will have its scrifice."
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YOU"I certainly hope that our partnership is worth it, Marazhai. Keeping you around is costly."
MarazhaiThe Drukhari glowers at you. "So is keeping you, [Name]."
Mandrake"Hshhh... Senseless crture. The tribe will fnd you. The tribe will have its scrifice."continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Kill Marazhai] "Grant you the pleasure of torturing this vicious freak to death? I think not!"
MandrakeThe xenos's body crumples to the floor, staining it with dark blood. The Mandrake scrapes its claws against the floor and lets out a wrathful hiss. "You will pay, mon-keigh! The tribe will take you and your whole pack for this one Dracn!"
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Marazhai(sequence)
Abelard"Throne's mercy... Lord Captain, it was extravagant enough of you to get yourself a pet xenos and now we discover that he comes with a whole gaggle of his kinfolk!"
Marazhai"Mind your tongue before I cut it down for you. The Mandrakes care not about mon-keigh. The Mandrakes want me. Even if they were to grow bold enough to come for me... oh, it would be quite an amusement to behold."
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Ulfar"With a pure heart, I will raise my horn in praise to the Allfather on the day that this sharp-tongued scum dies. The foul xenos may be a meagre trophy, but he is still our trophy. Giving him up without a fight to this talking mop is shameful."
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Cassia"Lord Captain, these creatures... It is as if they absorb the colours around them and spew out darkness. I do not think they are lying or trying to intimidate us. They will come from the shadows, just as they came once before."