242. Helen, Beatrice and Alonso look at Rebecca from head to toe, with a significant sight.
241. Ofidio loves thressomes (he is so handsy, as an octopus), but this is nothing compared with his other fetish: Ofidio likes unique looking women: my interviewees said that he loses his mind by lust when they are near. It can be heterochromia, full body tattooed, tallness..."
240. Helen, Beatrice and Alonso have been catched by surprise. And they want to see where this conversation leads to.
239. "Well, as you know, I interviewed many veterans from the Asmens-Lanun wars for my epopee.
Some of them were Ofidio's war prisoners and... six of them commented the same thing about him: he has a... What was the word they used? Ah, I remember now: kinks".
236. Knowing Helen has made a good point, the princess, the captain and the blonde bard think and think, but they finally come to an impasse and get indecisive..."
235. "You are right, your Highness" Helen intervenes. "All the kidnappers wish for your death, so you are a very tempting target, yes. But you are forgetting one thing: If Ofidio is so smart, he won't be fooled easily. So we will need a stratagem to distance him from his troops".
234. "But Princess!" Alonso complains. "It's too dangerous...!
"Our people are already in danger, Alonso!" Beatrice replies. "And I will put my life in jeopardy for them if it is necessary!"
"But...!"
"Is an order, Alonso."
"Fine..."