Ah... Should I send the stonemasons and sculptors I invited to Dragonhead home, then?

{{ I've just been away because life has been so busy, but I know it's kind of been months since I've been regularly active so I don't want to just up and pretend I haven't dropped many threads with some of you lovely people

Tysm for everyone who has stuck around! }}

(( the mental image of them both popping up to haurchefant at once has taken me out, i'm afraid 😭 ))

As it should be! For it will be proof of a life long lived, and the future children of Ishgard may forever regard you as a wise leader who helped secure a better life for them!

Please my friend, fear not the passage of time, and know that your deeds will ensure you always remain a beauty.

For you? I could be persuaded...

You need not fret, my friend! I know your heart to be true and good, and the path you walk is your own!

As for the unfortunate genetic factor, what would appearances matter, with a bright and honest legacy to leave behind you?

"My, thank you for speaking of your experiences. I hope that it was not intrusive of me to ask such a thing, nor do I hope that I have brought back any sorrowful memories. I confess, I was curious to know of the familial structure and bonds of your time."

With Aymeric's response, Haurchefant delivers on his promised grin, mundane and fangless though it may be.

"Truly my friend, you have a kind heart and an open mind. I do not doubt that if vampires were discovered in our midst, you would find a way to integrate them with our fellow Ishgardians."

If it would help to dispel these silly rumours, then I suppose I can find it in me to flash you the largest smile I can muster, my friend!

I do wonder, however, suppose the gossipers speak true. What would you do?

Now, what exactly do you mean when you say that you are "looking into it?"

Should I be on the lookout for extra garlic in the rations sent to Dragonhead?

Truly? I find that if that is all it takes to remove the sex and mystery from a man, there likely was not much there to begin with. Perhaps it is different in Garlemald?

I have heard this gentleman be referred to as the "Outlandish Man" - is that an appropriate title?

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