Shatterbird

“I will.  If you join.  You give me your word, I leave.  You will be tested.  Your people left alone.  When the test is done you’re… either dead or one of us.”

“What is it you want?”

“Make history.  Names in books.  Taught to schoolchildren for years.  Centuries.  Our goals…” she winced, pressed one hand to her stomach, “Coincide.”

Interlude 11e

She did a read on Shatterbird, using the most basic information she had.

Arrogant, powerful, performs city-wide attacks with each arrival at a major population center; reputation driven.
Reputation driven, proud, cultured; desires legacy.

The information was in her head as fast as she’d looked for it, drawn together from a half-dozen disparate pieces of information.  “Y-you dont’ want people to re-remember you like this.”

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