I'm not a soldier, either. My army is a warlord's army. Or it was.
[Despite the past tense, she doesn't actually sound broken up about it. Having her armies had suited her at the time, but she'd never thought of them as permanent fixtures in her life. Her first had been dissolved when Xena had captured her, and she neither knows nor particularly cares what happened to the second after she died. Maybe she'll be a warlord again someday, and maybe she won't. Whatever happens, she'll do what needs to be done.]
Fine, then. But if we're not allies, aren't you worried that I might attack you?
[She says this completely conversationally, pulling her skinned, cooked rabbit off the fire and examining it. Satisfied that it's well-done enough, she sinks her teeth into it.]
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[Despite the past tense, she doesn't actually sound broken up about it. Having her armies had suited her at the time, but she'd never thought of them as permanent fixtures in her life. Her first had been dissolved when Xena had captured her, and she neither knows nor particularly cares what happened to the second after she died. Maybe she'll be a warlord again someday, and maybe she won't. Whatever happens, she'll do what needs to be done.]
Fine, then. But if we're not allies, aren't you worried that I might attack you?
[She says this completely conversationally, pulling her skinned, cooked rabbit off the fire and examining it. Satisfied that it's well-done enough, she sinks her teeth into it.]