Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-5543592-20141115020857/@comment-11457306-20141116053746

Riona sat Megan down on her bed and pried her hairbrush and dirty clothing out of her hands, then rummaged to see if there were any ale or wine. There was nothing.

"Megan.  Megan!" Megan did not react. Riona slapped her. It was something she'd seen her mother do with someone who had taken a bad shock.

Megan looked up at Riona in surprise, holding her hand to her cheek.

"Snap out of it!  There are lots of people in the world who have bad histories.  Lots of bad people, period.  That's why this school exists--to train mages to deal with such evil."

"Riona," Megan's voice trembled, "I've made a terrible mistake. I only wanted to study.  I never knew this school was about fighting."

Riona sat beside her on the bed and put an arm around her. "I admit it's more than I expected too.  But you will learn so much more than if you just sat around in a school room all day reading books."

Megan shook her head and started to sob. Riona held her and let her cry herself out. Sometimes it was the only way.