"You started off well," says Shalelu, "or at least in the spirit of a brawl despite wielding a sword. It wasn't until Kurgol tried to do something he has no skill at doing, that opened him up. Instead of counterattacking to subdue, you attempted a downward chop to straight up murder him. Sure, maybe you wanted to hack a little left of center, but it was still a stroke that showed no restraint."

She shifts gears. "As a scholar, what is or are your area or areas of specialty? As adventurer, you don't listen to instructions to well, do you? But I guess sword-swinger, hothead, and scholar."