"Are protective gloves normal for a courier?" he wonders.
"I went through major life change," he explains. Quite the life change at that. "I guess you could say I'm getting in touch with my roots. My mother's people are nomadic, much to the Empire's chagrin. They like all their subjects in a row, not wandering around the map."
Also technically true. He was visiting sites where remains of shrines to the Old Gods stood. He had been to some in his youth. His mother's caravan worshipped the Old Gods and were on the move to avoid the Empire's rules on religion. He too was a devout follower. Never would he have guessed his connection to the old religion would pay off by giving him a second chance at life.
"It might sound funny for a blind man to travel, but there's more to places than what you can see."
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"I went through major life change," he explains. Quite the life change at that. "I guess you could say I'm getting in touch with my roots. My mother's people are nomadic, much to the Empire's chagrin. They like all their subjects in a row, not wandering around the map."
Also technically true. He was visiting sites where remains of shrines to the Old Gods stood. He had been to some in his youth. His mother's caravan worshipped the Old Gods and were on the move to avoid the Empire's rules on religion. He too was a devout follower. Never would he have guessed his connection to the old religion would pay off by giving him a second chance at life.
"It might sound funny for a blind man to travel, but there's more to places than what you can see."