Tangle in the Dark - Kassidor

parberry." He could take enough iron home in his pockets, byaccident, from duty he had to stand in other universes, tospend it freely here, even without magic. Whoever Tellowreally was, he couldn’t lodge a complaint about that. This wasstill Alan’s universe and even under sentence he still hadsome rights. “I still wouldn’t want any of it to go to waste. Icouldn’t get down more than three chops out of that beastie.""What you gonna do with the hide?” Alan asked, to see ifthis person really thought about conservation.“I can get almost another iron for that in the city,” Tellowsaid, meaning Hazorpean.That made Alan even more sure he was a crewman. Anative Kassidorian would have talked about so and so needs acoat or using it as part of a new night quilt. There werecertain members of the crew who wouldn’t be able to resistthe next hook Alan threw. “So what does scripture tell youabout a noon like this?”“I don’t read much sacred writing,” Tellow said, “So Idon’t know, I suppose it depends on which one. In any holyweek, it’s usually the duskmeal that’s most sacred ain’t it?”He recited the right lines, but he didn’t look at Alan like hewas speaking Mythra. He was just ready for that tack.Whoever he is, he had studied the culture of this land.“I’m sorry, I meant to say literature,” Alan said.“What’s special about noonmeal?”“It’s usually the celebration of the work is done isn’t it?”Most of the locals did their garden work on Morningday,21