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Mynshaka had heard of the Oban camp.. had heard some bad things.. as well as some good things. He doubted the soldiers had gotten as depraved as the nobles had with slaves! Soldiers were simply and it'd only been for a short time. Not years of slavery.... He wouldn't think less of a Tendajian for hating an Oban.. but he would never truly believe they had as much reason as his people. He was sort of a snob that way.

"People die in wars... least he died fighting." Was all he said instead. He was sure it was terrifying; probably traumatizing! But they'd had weapons. The'd fought back. Been able to fight back... he envied them that. "Sounds terrible." He knew he was being rude but.... well she'd run. She'd escaped and not been so hurt hadn't she? She'd seen somethings... but her eyes didn't have that haunted look he knew all too well. They'd been watched; oh deary me.. how terrible, to have eyes on you all the time. But they;d escaped, they'd fought, they'd won... how bad could it really have been?

"Better'n dying without a chance to be free." He muttered to himself. This ice woman just didn't understand! But then she was free and had always been free. Except for like a day or so when she got caught. Oh no... a day of trauma! He was slightly aware that he was belittling her suffering but compared to what had been through? Pfft!

Her next sentence made his eyes narrow and he crossed his arms. "Oh sure. Mostly over. Except for the scars, the lack of people strong enough to keep the Obans from coming back, the lack of culture we once had. But its fine. Mostly over. Sure. We're fine now." Did she think that suffering just went away? That they didn't have nightmares? Phantom pains from all the suffering?

"Ah meant my people. Not outside help! There's no one on this side of Oba except us fool!" He gestured angrily with his hands. "By the time the rest of tendaji made it through Oba we'd have lost too many! We need to be strong. By ourselves. And we will be. It'll just take time. Like a generation of children not broken already." He took a deep breath to calm himself, noticing his anger was starting to rile up his animals.

"Not gonna talk to ye about this. Ye wouldn't understand anyways. Oltia; down." He growled at his snapptrotter and began to walk away. As much as he watned to argue and yell he couldn't not without risking Oltia trying to attack. She was too easy to rile up; a lot like him actually. Stupid ice lady. She didn't understand his people, his scars, his fears. No free person would!