"Huh?" Ollie said, struggling to understand the sudden leap that the conversation had taken. This whole time, he'd never said no to work that would help, no matter how simple or menial the task, he never once thought himself to be someone who was too important to roll up his sleeves and help the villagers with whatever they needed… so how had his behavior all the sudden become a demonstration of hubris?
"Ollie," the vision of Ashlynn said with a pained expression on her face. "I've wondered if you were courageous or stubborn for pressing on even in the face of an impossible task, but I like to think that you truly have a heart filled with the ability to confront your fears and overcome them each in time."
"But now, when you have achieved an outcome that saves the people you were charged to protect and the only people who fell in battle were men who agreed to shoulder the burden and the risk alongside you," she said.
