Rosewater Oasis the palatine has all but fallen now,

S’ari rolled so that she was on her stomach now instead of her back, eyeing the wolf with interest. The more they spoke, the more she got a sense that this was not one she wanted to be friends with, really. But nor did she want to anger him. A game to play, it seemed.

The evil bastards are only good protectors so long as they like you, she said. The moment they no longer find you interesting… She glanced away, then back, then away again. Somehow, coyote gets the sense that this one has had run-ins with evil of his own. It does not do to walk on the dark side, friend. The ones who travel the dark are only there for themselves, and will do what they can to shove you down into the deeper dark to keep themselves afloat.