We’re currently in need of a swordsman in our group, and you look like you would fit right in.”
“She means you look weak enough that no one better would have invited you to join their groups, and no real adventurer would sully their dignity by joining this gro— Ouch!” Beth had just kicked him under the table. Oath stepped forward. “An entire mine?!” Beth exclaimed as she bolted to her feet. Did you lie to try and save yourself, or her?”
“Both, I guess. It tried to sink its teeth into his neck, but he blocked its mouth with his sword, though he could do nothing about its claws digging into his shoulders. He retreated, going after his halberd. It was his first and hers, so he got her mainly on the nose. Some kind of massive slumbering monster occupied the bottom of the room. So too, were there great statues adorning the walls; a pantheon of small creatures and great titans entombed by white, like flies in a spiderweb.
