Newsgroups: alt.pub.dragons-inn
Subject: Re: Drax listen to Saph's riddle answer 
Message-ID: <1992May21.180930.8339@rat.csc.calpoly.edu>
From: jax@polyslo.csc.calpoly.edu (Jaxman)
Date: Thu, 21 May 92 18:09:30 GMT
References: <1992May21.010522.15052@rat.csc.calpoly.edu> <1992May21.102646.1488@gacvx2.gac.edu>

Saphire replies:
>
>Saph looks up at Drax, and replies (her voice is always husky), "Why friend  
>Drax, I've never heard Geology refered to like that before."  She smiles.   
>"Still perhaps another answer, though not as apropriate would be time.  I am  
>sure that there is at least one more answer, as all puzzles have multiple  
>answers if you choose to explore them."  She pauses for a sip of her drink and  
>flashes a grin at Drax.  "I fear I do not know what you mean by the tone of my  
>speech; I speak as I have always done.  I too would not want you to think I was  
>saying something I was not.  Perhaps you are thinking too hard on my words,  
>when you needen't for I am but a simple Revlis and wouldn't think of matching  
>minds with so astute a match as you, dear Drax."  She giggles and says, "I have  
>a puzzle for you now, dear Drax.
>
>	It is the prisioner's companion,
>	The Lover's enemy,
>	It bothers the widow,
>	You may meet it in crowded taverns,
>	or alone, feel its stare.

  Drax seems to think for a moment, pondering possibilities and applicable
 replies.
 "Perhaps what you speak of is loneliness, my dear lady?"

>And another one,
>	A product of man,
>	and a maker of men,
>	It gallops around,
>	from friend to friend,
>	Causing friends to enemys,
>	And back again."

 Drax seems to think for a fre minutes, then shakes his head.
 "This one will require more thought, at a time when the noises of the inn
  do not impinge so heavily upon me."

>
>Saph notes Drax's tear, "Is something wrong Drax?  Perhaps you would like  
>something to eat, or drink, or a happier song?"  Her eyes grow big with  
>concern.
> 

 Drax smiles at Saphires answers to the riddle. 
 "That is twice now that I have heard time given as an answer, and in some
   ways it seems applicable. The same can be said for geology, but that is
   not the answer that the riddle was intended for, although they are
   somewhat appropriate."

 "A happy song would be welcome, for one can feel his time growing near, and
  with all the new friendships made in the past weeks, it is a sad thing to
  contemplate."


---Drax