Letting the Commander deal with Lotus instead was a brilliant move, Karl decided.
The Nature Priestess was asleep on top of Leo, who was sunning his shell as he floated above the walls. But the moment that the Commander cleared his throat to get her attention, and Leo wobbled to wake her up, Lotus was right on top of the battle report.
Her retelling involved dramatic hand gestures, props, and even a musical interlude.
The Commander of the relief force was so stunned by the nature priestess's way of describing the battle that it took him half a minute to process it and come up with a suitable response.
"Are you perhaps trying to progress onto a bard class path?" He finally asked.
"Bard? Oh, no. That's not for me. I just like story time.
It really was an incredible battle to observe. I didn't have much to do in my position as healer once the local guards were all patched up, so I just waited and watched.
