"It's almost a shame, really. I wouldn't have minded tearing a few of those visitors apart. Something, something, dinner and a show." He shrugs and wears a faint smile, amused at his own lack of wit.
"But then again, I suppose I can't blame you for getting tired of saving me so often. The act of being a 'hero's' hero must be too ironic to bear."
"I just don't want them to get any ideas and try anything more high-powered," he grumbles, sinking into his chair a little. "Not everything revolves around you. I'd like to keep this place intact and not swarming with would-be saviors - surely that's worth the inconvenience."
He finds he doesn't mind making sure Avery is safe, though he wishes it was less often, on the whole.
"Saviors..." he practically spits out the word. "Ugh. I'll give you a point there." Reluctantly, but a point nonetheless. If someone walks up to him and tells him he needed saving from Ekkehardt of all people, he thinks he'd be sick to his stomach.
"We are going to need to let one or two in from time to time though. I might be able to get by on the souls of... I don't know, squirrels or something, but the thought of it just sounds pathetic."
Ekkehardt waves a hand as if to say I've thought of that. "I've protected the ruins, not the forest around it," he replies. "So your hunting grounds are free game for unwary travelers to wander into. And if you want a vacation, you can always go further afield."
"Do as you like," Ekkehardt says, straightening up, leaning on the table he's seated at. "Though it occurs to me that we haven't exactly explored the full range of your powers, so there's yet more to learn about how you work. Perhaps, in time, you can add your own little touches to this forest."
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"But then again, I suppose I can't blame you for getting tired of saving me so often. The act of being a 'hero's' hero must be too ironic to bear."
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He finds he doesn't mind making sure Avery is safe, though he wishes it was less often, on the whole.
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"We are going to need to let one or two in from time to time though. I might be able to get by on the souls of... I don't know, squirrels or something, but the thought of it just sounds pathetic."
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"Sometimes I forget you're the expert on this whole 'villainy' thing. Hope you don't mind me taking notes."
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