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"Is she going to do that flame thing all the time? It's rather ostentatious isn't it?"
Barael moves up to Nik. "So... pretty swift work you made of the shadow dragon, eh? Any name in that? Or do you have to lay the grand creature down all on your own?" "I don't think there are any rules for this. If there are no one has told me. However, I believe I found a bit of my self in the battle with the dragon. There is no particular creature I seek to kill. There is no single evil by which I would define myself. I seek to destroy all the shadowy creatures that would endanger the people of Korvosa regardless of whether or not they are actually shadows. I name myself Shadow's Death."
"I for one intend to brave the beast. Niko? Brov?" "Yes! We'll be going!"
"Wait! Where are you going?!? I was going to earn my name!"
--I am the Reaver!
"Now here's something that could help me earn my name."
"Hey! It's comfy and we've worked together so well. I can't just drop her now."
"Definitely. Not a problem. He'll be right back with all the answers. By the way, have you ever considered using a longsword instead of your Wakizashi when you're not all furry?"
Litany of answers: "I have always been a sword, but it is an interesting theory that my soul was something before this incarnation. Perhaps I was a sword master who had no other desire than to be THE BLADE ITSELF. I am quite happy as I am, but things have changed since Nikolay and I began working together. I'm learning things very quickly; I've even learned a couple new languages." "What's it like being a human? I don't think it's that different. I care about the City. I care about its people. I want them to be healthy and happy." "If Nikolay called, I would go to him. I don't serve him, but we share the same goals and I know my destiny is with him. It's a partnership. Sometimes he simply asks for help and I do what I can. The flames were new; it was exhilarating. I had never done that before. I'm like a sorcerer learning his new spells and innate powers. I don't feel pain, or at least I never have. I'm not sure, but I believe I feel things as humans do in a more general way. Slicing through flesh is smooth. Hacking at bones is rough. All of it makes me feel alive." "I don't wince, but I do question Nikolay's thoughts sometimes. Some of 'his' ideas have been mine. I have no 'eyes' either, or rather I am one giant eye. I find I can see if there is any part of me revealed. I don't think I can be destroyed, at least not right now. But...being with Nikolay feels as if things are coming to a crescendo. Perhaps it will end in my destruction, or perhaps just being lost in another citadel armory."
"Yes. It's pretty, but not unique. There might be no other swords with the name, but I am looking for a name no one or thing has ever had. It should also be memorable and awe inspiring."
"You have a name? I'd have asked earlier, if I knew you had a mind for one." "No. I haven't really needed one. Perhaps someday, when I'm worthy, and then events will provide the inspiration. It'd be silly to call myself Dragon's Nightmare if I never cut through a dragon's scale--well, I've done that, but it was only a small dragon. And something simple, like Jack, is too flesh and blood. There are a million of you so a few thousand Jacks is fine. However, there are very few of me so it wouldn't do to be sharing a name with anyone."
"You gonna tell him I looked?" "It doesn't really matter. I'm my own sword. Frankly, I was getting a bit bored with the whole telepathy thing. He trusts you and the lot of you seem like good people at heart, if not mind."
Barael draws the blade partially, twice, to look at it more closely. He regains himself, twice, and fully sheathes it as carefully as he partially drew it. "I don't think you're supposed to be doing that." "He said, 'Keep it safe for me.' He didn't say anything about looking or touching."
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