Newsgroups: alt.pub.dragons-inn From: kring@efes.physik.uni-kl.de (Thomas Kettenring) Subject: Bakr: [fire] to Maleiu Message-ID: <1992Jun9.193417.6149@rhrk.uni-kl.de> References: <1992Jun8.203616.17626@kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca> Date: Tue, 9 Jun 1992 19:34:17 GMT >Maleiu smiles. "Actually, Tvarne has already taken responsibility for my >lodging and food here. I do not know what I can do to repay him, since, >like many of your culture, you are negligent in collecting your debts. I >prefer to keep them simple, not owing too much to more than one person at a >time. You may pay for my drinks if you wish, in exchange for this one >story." Bakr regards Maleiu with respect. 'Repaying what was supposed to be a present... this is an honorable fellow. Doesn't want to be indebted to anyone,' he thinks. [story deleted] >He finished his cup, and signals Serene for another. "So what say you, >Bakr? Is that tale worth a few cups of goat's milk?" "It is. Not many have such a past, and, if you continue your quest, such a future. Though I suppose that in this inn the... concentration of... extraordinary histories is quite high." Bakr stares into the air for a second. "I don't have an extraordinary history... probably it's not worth even a glass of water." Bakr ibn Ja'far ibn Musa al Mekneshi, apprentice mage.