From: cvenour@kurango.cit.gu.edu.au (C Venour)
Newsgroups: alt.pub.dragons-inn
Subject: Re: The Shrouded One's table
Message-ID: <1992May19.004035.25149@kurango.cit.gu.edu.au>
Date: 19 May 92 00:40:35 GMT
References: <1992May16.200215.7221@CS.ORST.EDU> <1992May17.162742.21868@rat.csc.calpoly.edu> <1992May18.025503.14253@kurango.cit.gu.edu.au> <1992May18.181549.1524@CS.ORST.EDU>

>Kryalla speaks:
>
>>Emrikol speaks:
>>
>>"I myself have no wish to try the chest.  I would prefer to depend on my own
>>resources." Emrikol smiles. 
>>
>>He seems to be hiding something. 

>"A quite understandable philosophy.  In my world, my very survival in the face
>of the Enemy I fight has depended largely upon my own resources.  Even in such
>situations where the resources of others prove useful, it is wise to allow
>them to know only enough that they may accomplish their goal.  If they have
>some gift to you, often it requires a bondage of sorts that can present an
>impediment to one's ends . . ."  She turns back to Drax as she places the
>Sphere of Karillior in some hidden fold of her cloak.  "My thanks for your
>aid, for it will enable me indeed to locate the object which I seek."

>Kryalla turns back to Emrikol, her gaze on his hands for a moment once again
>as if her eyes could see right through the bandages which cover them.  "You
>need not concern yourself with my scrutinization.  I have no worry about who
>you are, for I suspect I already know, and it is a matter which takes place
>in realms beyond those which I call home.  My travels have, however, taken
>me into encounters with such as you seem to be, and it simply has been a long
>time since I last acquainted myself with one of your kind.  I have no fear or
>trepidation of you . . ."

"Thankyou for being so understanding, Lady Kryalla." Emrikol smiles warmly at
the Shrouded One, "I would like to here the tale of your meeting with my 
people." 

Emrikol looks down at the table and whispers to no one, "I'm so very tired." 
 
-- 
                   Emrikol with the bandaged hands.
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