[Volo's smile quickly fades as he realises he must have said something wrong. What if the 'belly button' story was actually true, and he's just insulted some other region's sacred myths? Or, even if there's no way to prove it's true, it could still be important to Gold in some way. Volo could understand that.]
I meant no harm, young sir. I thought it was a very creative tale, and having an imagination is a good thing...
[Wait, is he just making everything worse now? In his desire to fix things, Volo starts rambling even more, even though he knows he might just be digging deeper in the same hole.]
You know, even the myths and legends that get passed down through history often have many meanings. Some of them may be true, but others were created to teach us something. And it is, indeed, quite dangerous to be standing out in a storm like this. A field littered with Thunderus' unfortunate victims would convey that very well, don't you think?
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[Volo's smile quickly fades as he realises he must have said something wrong. What if the 'belly button' story was actually true, and he's just insulted some other region's sacred myths? Or, even if there's no way to prove it's true, it could still be important to Gold in some way. Volo could understand that.]
I meant no harm, young sir. I thought it was a very creative tale, and having an imagination is a good thing...
[Wait, is he just making everything worse now? In his desire to fix things, Volo starts rambling even more, even though he knows he might just be digging deeper in the same hole.]
You know, even the myths and legends that get passed down through history often have many meanings. Some of them may be true, but others were created to teach us something. And it is, indeed, quite dangerous to be standing out in a storm like this. A field littered with Thunderus' unfortunate victims would convey that very well, don't you think?