The dwarf facing you hides their face with a large scarf, but their identity quickly becomes clear: the dwarf woman, the knight you fought earlier. You see her run her hand across the left side of her face, where you left a scar.
“You again?”
The exclamation comes simultaneously from both your lips and her. She's in your path once more.
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“The grace I granted last time: you would have done better to cherish it and renounce.”
As this phrase echoes through the air, you both know it rings false: driven by your respective duties to your liege lords, you cannot abandon your quest.
“Let's settle this right now!”
Challenge her to a duel in 231.