"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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"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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