[Dulcie winces, her finely-carved features forming a perfect picture of delicate distaste, and says-]
Ugh, I can just imagine it.
[-something surprisingly sympathetic. ...Huh.]
When I was squiring for the Margrave of Redfall during that border dispute some three summers ago, they tried to launch an attack in the middle of the worst heat wave we saw all season. The stench on that battlefield was practically a killing blow all by itself.
[Her long shining hair, immaculately painted nails, and fondness for intricate silk gowns make it easy to forget that Dux Calyptra is a military title at the core- and for all that she looks like some porcelain puppet meant to play a noble lady in a children's show, the young duchess is no exception.]
[Her youth means that she's never been in command, not yet, but she's seen battle before, under the careful watch of older commanders who know to guide a young future officer properly- like any apprentice learning their trade under a master.]
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Ugh, I can just imagine it.
[-something surprisingly sympathetic. ...Huh.]
When I was squiring for the Margrave of Redfall during that border dispute some three summers ago, they tried to launch an attack in the middle of the worst heat wave we saw all season. The stench on that battlefield was practically a killing blow all by itself.
[Her long shining hair, immaculately painted nails, and fondness for intricate silk gowns make it easy to forget that Dux Calyptra is a military title at the core- and for all that she looks like some porcelain puppet meant to play a noble lady in a children's show, the young duchess is no exception.]
[Her youth means that she's never been in command, not yet, but she's seen battle before, under the careful watch of older commanders who know to guide a young future officer properly- like any apprentice learning their trade under a master.]