The Tower At Shant Opet

The Tower At Shant Opet is the tenth chapter of Tales of Sheol'gotha:  Shadow of the Abaddon.

Synopsis
Haebin, having checked the soldiers, arrives back at the front of the legion with the commanders to find a disgruntled Maire who is still not happy with his behaviour from earlier. She is initially dismissive of his attempts at talking to her, but when he notes that she felt strongly for the prince is unable to really argue. He persists in saying he doesn't understand why they are being so delicate about telling truths, to which she argues that the truth isn't always the most appropriate thing to say. Haebin proposes that he is always right, and uses Palus' decision to continue to lead the legion as proof of this. Maire states that she believes Palus reluctant to lead, as Valon was the one that wished to kill the monsters, to which Haebin suggests that Palus wants to domesticate them. When asked, he admits that he just wants to forget them.

He is evasive when asked what monsters he has seen and admits that his blindness is a blessing as far as it stops him seeing more of them. Maire points out that there is plenty of beauty to see, and Haebin compliments her to the point of a flirtatious exhange between the two of them regarding the touching of horns which Haebin would not be able to see owing to the lack of bloodflow. Maire mentions her father and Haebin seems to already know of him, and is somewhat complimented in return when she compares him to a weathered statue. She suddenly reaches over, touching her fingers to a scar near his eye, and as he recedes back apologizes and offers something similar in exhange, offering him more if he can find all of her piercings.

He seems at first excited by the idea, then quickly convinces himself that she is more likely just passing the time with idle conversation and asks how the city looks. She is confused at first, but describes the aged walls in disrepair and the docks, and the red tower stretching towards the sky. She remarks on its beauty, but he states it is nothing compared to Kelehr's Crossing further upriver, which she agrees with. He states that she'd fall in love with it, and she agrees, though is looking to him as she does so.

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