[What story does she want to tell him, is the question. Obviously not the real one. A story that will get his pants off would be better. He seems like the sensitive sort, maybe she can work with that.]
Well, as I said earlier, I've done something similar to what you have. I came from a very poor kingdom and wanted better opportunities, and was skilled with a sword and magic, so it wasn't too hard to find work as a sellsword in a new land once I had learned the language. Fortunate too that they would hire me as a woman, since that would not have been acceptable employment for one, where I came from originally.
[She sips at her drink as she thinks up the next part. Her smile thins as she adopts a more sorrowful expression, and seems to become hesitant to continue.]
It was good, for a while. I... I thought I finally had made something of myself, even if it meant leaving my family and everything I knew behind. But...
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Well, as I said earlier, I've done something similar to what you have. I came from a very poor kingdom and wanted better opportunities, and was skilled with a sword and magic, so it wasn't too hard to find work as a sellsword in a new land once I had learned the language. Fortunate too that they would hire me as a woman, since that would not have been acceptable employment for one, where I came from originally.
[She sips at her drink as she thinks up the next part. Her smile thins as she adopts a more sorrowful expression, and seems to become hesitant to continue.]
It was good, for a while. I... I thought I finally had made something of myself, even if it meant leaving my family and everything I knew behind. But...