Lion Head Mesa but i won't do that

A wise bard named Meatloaf once sang, "I'd do anything for love, but I won't do that." Vasya thought he had similar limits.

After nearly two moons had come and gone, and him still in the service of Akashingo, he realized that he actually, truly did not.

(Seriously - all this for some (admittedly great) sex?)

He walked the corridors, checking on those he served. No one seemed to be in the mood for wine these days, so, naturally, he was getting completely ripped on his own.

The political weather had turned dramatically in his time here. Some band of rogues was harrying the kingdom, and conflict was brewing. As a strong, healthy man, he expected to be sent to the front lines. 

As the lazy son of a bitch who had only ended up in this predicament because of his worse instincts, he was torn between lingering for any kind of second try at Medusa or slipping away one quiet evening.

Both seemed at once appealing and impossible.