User blog:Locke Flinnt/Centaur WWYD-reply

Reluctantly, I agree to stay in this town since it needs some men who aren't afraid to put their back into the job. As for her offer to give me a ride, I politely decline it for now claiming in a half-joking manner us not having had our first date yet. Instead, I take her by her arm and we slowly wade back.

Along the way I ask her how she ended up with a "hero" who leaves all the work for ladies (and other men) to deal with, inserting a few moderately snide remarks on his behalf as she relates her story to me. In the end I propose to the centaur that it would be quite amusing to anleash the evil we have just defeated to go rampant and threaten the city once again while observing the ensuing chaos from the nearest hilltop as the self-proclaimed savior of the hometown would be hard-pressed for his words of being the one to thank for the last time the horrors were subdued. "However,-I tell her with a sigh, looking her up in the eye,-that would probaly result in you having to sort throught the whole ordeal on your own, and I simply can not allow you to put yourself in the harms way for such a pityful excuse for a hero as that imposter is.".

As we approach the tavern where the jolly townsfolks celebrate, I offer to treat her to some drinks - either liquer or non-alcoholic, knowing all too well the effects of stronger drinks on the equnes. She agrees, if hesitantly, as everyone else seems to be too preoccupied with the boasting bastard now claiming his quadrupedal companion's laurels, too. As the night falls upon the town, we sit there, recollecting the most memorable moments of the campaign, me praising her martial prowess - and feminine charm.

The hours pass, the conversation trails off more often, and soon she declares it is time we go to rest. I walk the centaur to her apartament and stop by the door. Not wishing to complicate the matters for her for the time being, I refer to some quite urgent business I still have to attend to and, inclined to leave, tell her that whenever she decides to join up with someone caring for his comrades, I am always there. That said, I kiss her gently on the corner of her lips and suggest we meet sometime soon to enjoy each other's company more.

This could be a beginning of something very...special, shall we say?