The thought had crossed me some time after Qal'la had challenged me that I didn't know how strong our king, Glem, was. If someone challenged him, I wanted to be sure he could handle it. I tested him, and for security reasons, I won't go into details, but I was impressed by his resourcefulness. Nevertheless, I offered to train him. He refused, saying that if I was willing to train anyone, it should be his daughter, Sihauna. I agreed reluctantly, and began training her.
Now back to the more recent story... Sihauna was aware of my investigation of the moon elves. In fact, she had been with me when I questioned the moon elves. And I made the mistake of waiting too long to continue the investigation. Sihauna lost her patience, and went off alone to the forest to investigate.
She had taken a couple guards with her, but only one returned, saying that Sihauna had been captured.
OBVIOUS TRAP. Of the three (I think it was three guards that went with her, only one guard survived, and was allowed to come back and report. Did the kidnappers really think I was that stupid?
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