"Explains why you're back here, instead of up there at the war table." [i]Alric stated bluntly, his smile fading from his face as if he sensed her mood. [/i] "Forgive me, my lady, for asking this but Is it the fact that you are a goat, or the fact that you are a child that keeps you restrained to the shadows?" [i]His lips curled into a sky smile, and he lowered one of his hands toward the hilt of the sword, drumming his fingers against sheath. [/i]