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He regretted asking so enthusiastically when Prophet said he didn't have the skill, but the warrior didn't seem too put out by this lacking. Ashlar's expression still fell a bit, shifting into a more apologetic smile. The compliment that followed immediately after made him look down. He was more than thrilled, but he was not used to being that openly praised.

I think so too. I just want to do as much as I can. Ashlar began to smile more genuinely, for a moment, before deciding to ask the question he'd come upon. Prophet's easy compliments had already made him comfortable enough to do so. Have you fought in many wars before?

A part of Ashlar wanted to know what it was like, a part didn't. He remembered coming to find Avicus in the aftermath of Ursus', taking her home to heal, but he still had little concept of what it had actually been like to be present. He'd been too against it to join in. This is different. The bear king wanted to kill them all. He believed, wholeheartedly, that his friend was nothing like her father in that regard.