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"If you wish me <strong>to</strong>, then there is something you must <strong>do</strong> for me. There are<br />

ten students in this establishment. I would like you <strong>to</strong> speak <strong>to</strong> all <strong>of</strong> them,<br />

then return <strong>to</strong> me with your thoughts. Then we shall see if we shall travel<br />

<strong>to</strong>gether or <strong>not</strong>."<br />

I nodded, "I will go speak <strong>to</strong> them, then. I will return when I have spoken <strong>to</strong><br />

all <strong>of</strong> them."<br />

Interlude<br />

The night wears on with the heavy clink <strong>of</strong> coins adding a metallic chime <strong>to</strong><br />

the slow strumming <strong>of</strong> Oudilin's lyre. While the hungry crowd had thinned<br />

somewhat by the fading day, the seats were still packed and many were left<br />

<strong>to</strong> enjoy their supper standing like ancient S<strong>to</strong>ics.<br />

For many it is a choice <strong>be</strong>tween fish soup and lamb stew, with a thick piece<br />

<strong>of</strong> bread and a wedge <strong>of</strong> cheese. The light clack <strong>of</strong> porcealin on the wooden<br />

counter<strong>to</strong>p heralds the arrival <strong>of</strong> your own dish: a <strong>do</strong>zen snails, baked with<br />

cheese and herbs. A light snack for the evening.<br />

Your fingers curl around one shell and the two-tined fork pierces the <strong>be</strong>lly <strong>of</strong><br />

the critter as the voices <strong>be</strong>gin <strong>to</strong> rise.<br />

"Aha!" a garishly-clad woman proclaims, swelling with pride "I knew it!<br />

There were records <strong>of</strong> the Nameless One as a Sensate!"<br />

"What are yeh talking about?!" G'mir snaps, rattling the table as he squirms<br />

in his bonds, "The man knew what he wanted, knew what <strong>to</strong> <strong>do</strong>, and 'e did<br />

it! 'E was a Cipher he was, mark me true!"<br />

Scii-Tavakis is the third <strong>to</strong> speak, and her voice is smooth as a serpent sliding<br />

through the sands, "Oh please. I would wager a full measure <strong>of</strong> water that<br />

he was a Doomguard. The ruin and destruction his presence has rained<br />

across the Planes would match the efforts <strong>of</strong> armies."<br />

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