"And why, might I add, does this concern me," asked Ash'waren. The news of a bunch of human boys found within Sullisin'rune territory reached her ears some time ago. While interesting, it didn't seem the thing that an Ilharess should be trifled with.
"Well, you see . . . ," the messenger stated, obviously not used to being in the presence of an Ilharess, "the thing is . . . um . . ."
It was getting a tad annoying to Ash'waren.
"Look, just, just bring them in here, okay? I'll see what the fuss is about myself."
The messenger nervously walked pass the chamber's door, and closed it. On the other side, she forcefully kicked whoever was there, and into the chamber tumbled five human teenagers. The five got up, their wrists and ankles bound with rope.
Ash'waren inspected the five boys. They looked at her, their eyes seemed to seethe with anger, anger at their capture and inability to do anything about it. They also seemed like regular humans, but their clothes were too fine, like nothing a human could possibly make. They were also a lot cleaner and free of pox than any human see could remember. On the issue of their sudden appearance, she decided to question the blonde-haired halme. He looked the weakest.
"Tell me, young boy, how exactly did you get into Sullisin'rune territory? It's not exactly easy to just walk in, past our many securities, you must have help. Who was it?
The blond boy responded, in the politest voice he could muster, without the slightest hint of faltering, "Help? I'm sorry, but we had no help getting in. At least, none that I know of. You see, the five of us were fighting a battle - next thing we knew, we were underground, just outside the building we're in now?"
Ash'waren replied, "What? People don't just appear out of thin air! But what was this about fighting a battle you just mentioned? Where are you from? Are there others like you from whence you came?
The blond boy answered before the Ilharess could ask another thousand questions. "My name is Quatre Winner. The other five you have here are Chang Wufei, Trowa Barton, Duo Maxwell, and Heero Yuy. We come from a planet that has no elves like yourself, only humans who've built civilizations that've even moved into space. We are all Gundam pilots, and we were all in a huge battle, fighting the Zeon and Mariemaia forces, led by Gihren Zabi and Mariemaia Khushrenada, when we suddenly found ourselves underground."
Once he finished, Ash'waren slapped him on the cheek. One of the prisoners (Trowa Barton) got up to help Quatre, but another (Heero Yuy) clutched his arm and gave him a look that said "Don't. You'll just make it worse." Trowa sighed and sat back down.
Ash'waren said, "Do you really think that lying NOW will get you out of here scot free! And at least come up with a plausible lie next time! Your crap about this "Gundam" and "Zeon" will-
The servant by Ash'waren's side interrupted. "A-actually, we've-uh- found something interesting near these prisoners when we found them. They look like, like… golems, Ash'waren."