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Dimitri watched the dog move into the darkness before him, he did not call out its name nor care on the matter for long. He had no desire to trample after it but somehow he knew Anora did. Perhaps a foreceful but restrained personality wanted a taste of adventure at last. Dimitri was no fool, he knew the dog had likely smelt a marsh bird of some sort or a large lizard, but if a troll was loitering nearby the young Duke knew better than to encounter it alone with but a thin waif of a girl as backup.
"You ask me to be wise Anora and then wonder if it is a good idea to follow a dog into the darkness on the outskirts of the most dangerous city in the Empire." He smiled and in a moment turned her round so he could look down into her face, "And as of yet you are unsure how to overcome the course man before you." He smiled further the smile seemingly slipping towards the side of his face before vanishing, "A dog always finds its way home, especially my dogs, they are fed well and loved" he paused and pursed his lips speaking in a low tone, "I fear if I promoted you running off into the darkness Morwen I would find myself drowned in the finest Eventide vintage." His hands did not go about her nor even rest in their now familiar faces on her sides, instead they fell away from her as leaves from an autumn tree.
"Do you trust me to know what to do to remain safe here? As I would trust you to guide me through the greatest vinyards of the empire? I leave the decision in your hands for I think it is the wistest decision I can make. Do you wish to follow the hound or would you spend the evening with me in my tent?" He smiled at her, her freedom was given easily and yet like all freedom it had such restrain implied.
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