Guarded Entrance

"I'm not kidding," you say. You try to strike a badass pose, but with one wing broken it doesn't really work.

The guard stops laughing and aims his spear right between your eyes. "Little lady, if you try to lay a hoof on me I will clap you in irons."

Momentarily, that sounds like a decent plan: the castle staff would give your wing medical treatment and you'd have a chance to explain yourself. But you're pretty sure this is some sort of hallucination, and you'd probably only succeed in adding hallucinatory pain on top of your real pain.

"Right, right. Yeah, I'm just funnin' ya," you say, grimacing as you back down.

The guard narrows his eyes and lowers his spear.

Walk past the guard through the Eastern gate.

Ask nicely to be let in.

Brag about your credentials.

Turn around and walk back down the hallway, muttering bitterly. Next Chapter: guard joking (post) Estimated time remaining: 13 Minutes