Mirah gives Belkar some motivation.
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Transcript[]
- Panel 1
At the prow of the Mechane; Minrah is writing on a scroll
Minrah: —and then I can cast Shield of Faith on you.
Belkar: Would that work?
Minrah: Oh, it's just an armor spell. The name is for, like, marketing purposes.
- Panel 2
Minrah: Thanks for coming and asking me about spells and stuff. I don't think Roy really knows what to do with me yet.
Belkar: Yeah, but Roy needed to go to college to figure out what to do with a sword.
- Panel 3
Minrah: It's kinda weird. Everyone around here is gearing up for the big final battle, but for me, it's the start of a new adventure.
Minrah: So I'm excited, but not for the same reason everyone else is, you know?
- Panel 4
Minrah: Which is fine. I know I'm the New Girl and you all have your own stuff going on. I just hope I can help out.
Belkar: Usually, all you have to do around here to get into the top half of party effectiveness is not be an active obstacle to progress.
- Panel 5
Belkar: Not that I've, uh, managed that most of the time.
Minrah: That's OK. I'm sure you did your best.
Belkar: Eh, I'm not really the "do your best" type, as I'm sure the others would tell you.
- Panel 6
Minrah: Don't say that! That's loser talk!
Minrah: You're not a type! You're a person, a person who does stuff! If you want to be different, do different stuff!
- Panel 7
Minrah: Look at me. I used to be a town guard, and then I decided I wanted to be a cleric.
Minrah: Did everyone I know tell me, "Oh, I don't really think you're the type to be a cleric"? Yes! Did I listen to them? No!
Minrah: I mean, I listened, or else I wouldn't have known they said it. But it didn't stop me! And now I'm a cleric.
- Panel 8
Minrah: If anyone tells you that you can't be better if you want to be, you punch them in their stupid judgy face!
Minrah: No, wait. That's an overreaction.
Minrah: You tell them to mind their own business, and then you go out there and be as better as you want to be!
- Panel 9
Belkar: Hell yeah. I never gave a damn what they thought about what I did before. Why start now?
Minrah: Screw the haters!
Belkar: Preach it, sister!
Minrah: I already am, because I'm a cleric!
- Panel 10
Minrah: And you know what the best part is?
Minrah: When you make a change, everyone who meets you from that point on?
Minrah: Only knows the new version of you. And that's nice.
- Panel 11
Minrah: I've got a whole bunch of new friends now, and not one of them thinks of me as just a dumb town guard.
- Panel 12
Minrah: It's[sic] be nice if more of them kept their eyes down at eye-level, but still.
Belkar: I feel that.
Belkar: Literally. My neck hurts all the time.
D&D Context[]
- Shield of Faith is a 1st level cleric spell which raises Armor Class.
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