The messenger instantly takes to his knees. "I have run far under cover of darkness to bring you an urgent plea for aid," he begins, hands raised in a pose of supplication. "Saber, the renowned, she whose blade splits the sky and whose tread shakes the earth, has bid me seek the house of Lancer to know his Master's answer. Will the warrior of the shining spear join his hand to hers, and fight at her side as her brother?"