The cold storage lies just beyond the cottage door. In it are various harvested vegetables, fruits, and nuts. Cured meat hangs from the ceiling by thin rope. The room is made of wood, and the wind whistles through the cracks.
Cold storage room, Outside Cottage
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their family
Family is all we have when times get tough. When that dragon attacked they helped build me a new house. I hear there's a squire opening for my boy too!
Hagatha! Stop talking to mice and come over here! I didn't ask you to come here so you could socialize with mice! Yes of course! I must be crazy but I could have sworn I saw a mouse here. After all the husband enjoys a clean home. Yes yes clean home, now listen, I've just heard some fantastic news! Yes sir what is this good news? Did you finally get me a new dress!? What? No! Okay listen, remember how that dragon attacked last month and all those men were burnt into a crisp? Uhhh yes? Is this going where I think it is going?.....we will need to spend all of our food supplies and gold for a revenge attack!? Can't you see what we have in the food storage took us months to acquire! No, listen! Because there is a shortage of knights currently, the King has asked all able bodied men and young men to attend evaluations for positions at the kings guard! Now I know I'm a bit old but our young boy Jimothy might have a chance as a Knight's Squire!  My boy Jimothy! That means he will be killed! How could you do this? You should have taken the role and not him! Who will carry our name! What?! No.. I... I just want him to have more than we've ever had! Look at this place!  How can he slay a dragon all by himself? Is he fighting it with other people? All these years of hard work for food and feeding him, only to be slain in the name of the King! I say we abandon the King! Please listen! He is still young, he will be under the guidance of an experienced Knight for a few years, then one day hell become a Knight himself! That is the highest out name will ever be! Its either that or live the rest of his life as a beet farmer like me! Please don't say that! I love you and Jimothy! I just....just....want him to live a simple life and go about doing simple things! Do you think it was meant to be for him to fight a dragon!