I'd never seen a storm like it. I was in Fartown, not exactly minding my own business, when nature's force struck. A sudden thunderstorm sent me reeling to the monument after being hit by lightning, and as I started to recover I saw that someone else had been caught up in the howling wind.
When I say I wasn't exactly minding my own business, it wasn't a case of snooping on somebody. Just a matter of something that intrigued me, and inquisitiveness took over. I really must try to control myself better!
Of course, there's another way of looking at it - checking out any odd things we see is part of what we all do as we labour to defend these lands which are so sorely assailed. Sometimes such actions will uncover a little snippet of information that may prove useful when combined with what others have found. We can only hope that some day we can put together all the information needed to finally put an end to the Dark One's efforts to bring us down.

Roaming and searching, fighting and questioning - it seems to me these are all part of what's required of us by the Iron Mistress of duty. And I suppose, in my own way, I contribute what I can.

The lands ... the gods ... the Queen ... friends and comrades ... guildkin ... those we hold dearest. All of these we owe duty to. And sometimes, just occasionally, we owe some duty to ourselves. Perhaps there's no surprise that, as we attend to the duties which might sometimes pull us in different directions, others may have differing opinions of how well or otherwise we conduct ourselves.
Some time ago during one of my darker days, a friend gave me a shell necklace to remind me that sense of duty could be no more removed from me than the salt tang from the ocean:another time somebody else took it on themselves to remind me of my duties. As I say, our attention to one may give the appearance of neglecting another.

There's a balance, somewhere, between all the calls on us. One day hopefully I'll find it.