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Maddy Fumed as Van told her what had transpired earlier in the evening.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN....YOU FOUND HER FIGHTING A TROLL!!"

Apparently a guardswoman had told their child to leave the area immediately for brandishing a wooden sword. The girl was only seven. After questioning Ember Maddy found out that Ember had asked the lady to tell her father who was "in the gobbledy gook". Van said no one ever came into the Goblin to notify him, and went searching for her after she did not return as she had said she would in just a few minutes. Ember had only gone off to try to find her "Crew" of guardsmen. She herself had told her daughter to always listen to the guardsmen, that they were there to protect her...and that if she didn't listen and do what they said immediately, they would throw her in the brig.

Ember was still shaken, and her eyes had brimmed with tears at recounting how the troll was trying to eat her special pedigreed "shape changing" dog. The two had bonded strongly and were inseparable. Freida was learning new commands, and shapes.

She decided to Pen a letter.

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Dear Commander Morana.

   Would you KINDLY remind your men and women that young children should be returned to their parents if found, NOT told to immediately leave the area for brandishing wooden swords.

My daughter was lost and nearly killed by a troll because she was told by one of your female soldiers to leave, merely because she was holding her wooden sword in search of her "Crew" which I believe you are the "Cabin boy" of. She tried to return to our new home on her own, following orders, and got lost on the way, as we have only recently moved here.

Ember also asked this soldier to tell her father who was in "the Gobbeldy gook" and Van received no word, and went out searching for her. He found her defending her pet from a troll. She is extremely shaken by these events.

I now see why Cove has so few children.

~Signed
Madeline Warmbow-Van Cocidius

Dear Mrs Cocidius,

The safety of every Covian, including your recently moved family is of the utmost importance to our guardsman. It is perhaps the child's safety that was in mind when she was asked to remove herself from the army's training area.

I'm sure the guardsman in question did not intend for your child to encounter any danger and I'm sure a guardsman would have been spared to escort her if at all possible.

However, if the child's father had actually been with her instead of enjoying the 'hospitality' of the local tavern this unfortunate chain of events would never have unfolded.

*signed & stamped with the Baronial seal*

Raiden Morana, Commander, Covian Army.