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CHYOA Guru
"I had a hell of a time of it, with you gone." She says dismissively. "Creditors, other families, corrupt politicians... It was a struggle not to lose everything. Our other cousin is tied up in the basement after trying a 'hostile takeover'."'Nearly but not quite,' Ard chuckled, 'I can understand your surprise. It took me quite a while to find my way back here from the world of the lesser elves. And now it happens in some quite turbulent times. You seem to be doing well, I'm glad you kept Evir'i as your head servant.'
She shrugs. "Of course I'd keep Evir'i, you'd be a fool not to." The blonde elf sighs and crosses her arms beneath her bust, the movement an act of irritation. "You're here to 'take back what's yours', I take it? Rob me of everything I've worked so hard to build and keep stable?"