Newsgroups: alt.pub.dragons-inn
From: foleye@CS.ORST.EDU (Stilt Man)
Subject: The Shrouded One replies to Emrikol: Ancient Enemies.
Message-ID: <1992May18.182437.1761@CS.ORST.EDU>
Keywords: Emrikol
References: <1992May18.031257.14695@kurango.cit.gu.edu.au>
Date: Mon, 18 May 1992 18:24:37 GMT

In article <1992May18.031257.14695@kurango.cit.gu.edu.au> cvenour@kurango.cit.gu.edu.au (C Venour) writes:
>Emrikol glances first at his hands, then at the others seated at the table.
>
>"I have searched long, on many worlds, to find any trace of an enemy that was
>responsible for the imprisonment of my people.  This place (the inn), is among
>the last places of my search. I will remain here for a time, to contmplate the
>people, the world, and to rest from a journey that has been both physically
>and emotionally draining."
>

The Shrouded One nods, as if this is no surprise.

>"Lady (the Shrouded One), I am sorry if it seems that I am suspicious of you,
>but where I come from, to be incautious is to be dead.  Forgive me if I have 
>given offence."
>

The Shrouded One nods.  (ADMIN:  I have been replying to these things as they
go, as I have not yet gotten into the habit of marking large numbers of them as
unread for replies.  Thus, Kryalla's responses may seem a little disjointed in
light of subsequent information.)

>Emrikol returns to the contemplation of his hands, after again scanning the 
>faces of his companions at the table.  But his face still shows the 
>concentration of someone who is hearing all that is being said.
>

. . . a fact which is not lost on the young woman in the ebon cloak.  She folds
her leather-gloved hands beneath those black folds, seeming to keep an eye on
this one even as she continues in her interaction with the others at her
table.

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+	foleye@storm.cs.orst.edu			  +
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