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So then we're going to get this slave freed right? Not so fast! They still need to do the mission and that means they could still just do it and skip out, so Bear has me go with them. I have stealth and I have "detect thoughts" so I can tell when they're up to no good. Well they're on the up and up until the end, after we rescue the child, the two guys want something to show for their efforts, crap, so the two rogues turn on them and we run. Well the ranger has entangle and entangles the girl, now we're stuck and have to fight them 3 on 2. Here we go again. I'm given the ring of invisibility and I take off so they can't melee me and the rogues attack. They down the ranger pretty fast but the paladin can output enough damage to one shot one of them, but misses! On my turn I cast silence and he's basically a tank with no ammo at that point, he's pinned down by two assassins and they whittle him down in the next turn. He gives up with 2HP and now we're stuck the ranger stabilizes and he's still up but we really don't want him to be if you know what I mean but now if we just kill him it's real murder and we've got looky-loos all over the place since we're fighting in the streets. So just as we're cussing them out (they are) a "mysterious black shape" skewers and deathblows them. We run.

Spoiler the black shape is our dear friend Theilia, she has some crazy abilities and equipment and any witness would think a dark shadow killed them. we're off the hook and they're out of out lives.

So now we have the kid and the paperwork and her bonding fee plus extra and I say, "you're free yay" and she says, "no" and then Ember explains it, that she's way too valuable not to be a slave, for her own protection.

Now what?

Turns out she's not dragonborn, she's a true dragon hybrid, sounds familiar? If you know Bear lore then you know who she is. Here's a hint:

>Why not have both

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Are we a group of 6 now? I have no idea, we're discussing it. If she's not going to be a slave, she'll need protection. So now we're stuck with her for a while at least.