When he heard that were another two hundred Body Refiners waiting to be made citizens, the white-haired priest was sent into a near-panic.
Despite the Knight's barely veiled threats, he insisted that he could not do as Rannoc had requested — not without permission from an Archon. And sending word to an Archon, he claimed, would take at least two weeks.
Yet where the Knight's threats failed, Kaleesh's reassurances proved more effective. Using a careful mix of flattery and persuasion, he spent several minutes convincing the priest that his other troops weren't nearly as unusual as Arran.
Finally, the priest agreed to accompany them to the mines. While he was obviously displeased with the prospect, with his biggest fear addressed — having to waste more of his most precious liquid on outsiders — he reluctantly gave in.
