The two soldiers glanced at one another.
"Is that fear that I see in your face?" Aethion goaded Cas'Va. The latter made to retirt when Drayven silenced them both.
"I think that you two may be able to make use of this opportunity." He said. They both began to object at once.
"We cannot stay here! And abandon the estate? What of mother? This is no time to..."
"You would have us dance on the strings of the human filth that run this place? Have you no honour, or dignity? You should..."
"Enough! Both of you, you sound like petulant infants. Yes, we will try to find a way to return to where we belong. But for now, the chance to fight in such a place, under such harsh conditions would be a great test of your mettle. Aethion, you wish to protect our house and defend our name? Here you can put all the skills you have learned to the test. Cas'Va, if you truly wish to join with the Thalmor, then you will at least need to know that you can face an enemy in mortal combat. Whatever else the Thalmor may be, they are not cowards. Here, you have the chance to prove yourselves, both of you."
James tried to remember his secondary school biology lessons.
"Well, they're a kind of microscopic organism." He replied. They're a group all of their own and I can't say exactly what determines a virus from a bacterium, but the point is that these organisms can get into your body, where they multiply, and make you sick. Most diseases are the result of microorganisms like this."
