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“It’s incredible, how much coin you’ve made from just this one job.”
“I know!” Pashmina wipes sweat from her brow, grinning in the hot desert sun. Her arms are tired from carrying chests and barrels all day, but after a lot of travelling, it’s good to know that they’re finally home. “It was one of the weirdest bounties we’ve ever hunted, too.”
“Oh? Do tell.”
“A man in the Northern Isle reanimated his uncle- apparently, his brother had killed him years before, and it made him into a monster? I really don’t know, but the fight was awful. And in the end bam! Some potion, and they brought his mind back!”
“Amazing!”
“The king was even there at the fight, he brought some of his knights too.”
“That’s a hell of a story.”
“Isn’t it?” She’s more than satisfied, knowing that she’ll tell this story to her grandchildren. “Quiet knew him, too. Apparently he had been a knight— I think his name was Venom Snake?”
Rubbing his chin, Desert Ocelot’s eyes narrow in the sun, and his mouth twitches in the smallest and slyest of smiles.
“...Venom Snake, you say? Tell me more.”