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"Yeah... a mimir's a floating encyclopedia. You put information in, you get<br />

information out."<br />

"But aren't mimirs made <strong>of</strong> a silvery metal?"<br />

"So? May<strong>be</strong> some are, but I'm <strong>not</strong>. And there's stranger things on the Planes<br />

than that, chief."<br />

"I <strong>do</strong>n't think you're a mimir, Morte. What are you?"<br />

He edged away just a bit, cocked <strong>to</strong> the side suspiciously, "What's with the<br />

interrogation? What <strong>do</strong> you know about mimirs, anyway?"<br />

"I know enough <strong>to</strong> think you're lying <strong>to</strong> me. First, that bit about the missing<br />

line from my back saying <strong>not</strong> <strong>to</strong> trust you, then this. What am I supposed <strong>to</strong><br />

think?"<br />

"Okay, I'm <strong>not</strong> a mimir, but I know a lot <strong>of</strong> stuff, so I might as well <strong>be</strong> one."<br />

"What are you then?"<br />

"I'm a floating skull who knows a lot."<br />

A low roar built from deep in my <strong>be</strong>lly. Morte was feeding me scraps one by<br />

one, and making me struggle for each. I might as well have <strong>be</strong>en pulling<br />

teeth, "What about that Baa<strong>to</strong>rian smell you have?"<br />

His eyes seemed <strong>to</strong> pop out <strong>of</strong> their sockets, "What would YOU know about<br />

what Baa<strong>to</strong>r smells like? Unless - hey, you've <strong>be</strong>en talking about me with<br />

that tanar'ri, haven't you?! What <strong>do</strong>es she know?!"<br />

"Well, she obviously <strong>to</strong>uched on something - that is a Baa<strong>to</strong>rian smell,<br />

right?"<br />

"Well, yeah, but - well, yeah. So I smell a little. Excuse me."<br />

"Why <strong>do</strong> you smell like Baa<strong>to</strong>r?"<br />

He bob<strong>be</strong>d in a shrug, "I dunno, must've caught it from one <strong>of</strong> those fiends<br />

that we cross paths with all the damn ti-"<br />

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