From: fannicm@wkuvx1.bitnet Newsgroups: alt.pub.dragons-inn Subject: Re: Brighter lights and Louder sounds!! Message-ID: <1992Oct18.071939.3273@wkuvx1.bitnet> Date: 18 Oct 92 07:19:38 CDT References: <1992Oct13.080258.3106@wkuvx1.bitnet> <1992Oct13.153738.3132@wkuvx1.bitnet> In article , jgreene@dorm.rutgers.edu (Jeffrey Greene) writes: > "Madam, you wound me. True, I am a merman, but so are all my family. I do > not pretend to be a representative of them, but only of myself,"Indigo smiled, > "I am Indigo, son of Marcus, warrior of both muscle and mind, and protector > of all who call the oceans of Nexus their home. Please call me Indigo, the > name I was given at my naming. This 'Sir Merman' stuff is not my style." "As you wish, s...Indigo." > "Speaking of lessons of the mind, I would like to help you with yours. As > you have repaired my runes, I would like to repair your mind. However, such > a task would take lesser masters years, and would probably take be a year or > two as well. However, we are in the Dragon's Inn, where the time stream has > been known to stray. I'm sure that if you agreed, the process should take no > more than an hour or two." Her calm facade falls for a moment. "Please, Indigo. I would welcome any respite from this pain!" > He seemed confident in his statement. And he was. After all, he, like her, > had been marked from birth as 'special,' with a natural talent for the powers > he wielded. His last probe of her mind had shown him much, especially that > she was not as psionically powered as he first thought. Of course, she > was powerful, but not nearly as powerful as Indigo. It was the sharp edges > of her shattered mind that made her seem, at first, formidable. It was this very confidence which convinced her that he knew what he was saying. She would trust Indigo, partly for that, and partly because she had no choice. > "And please, do not read any dishonor into this request. Repairing your mind > would be a challenge to me, one I readily accept. You would be healed, at > last, for although you have tried many remedies in the past, you have never > encountered a true master of the mind such as the son of Marcus. Seeing you > healed and ending your torment would be my sole reward, and would be more > that enough." "Then there shall be no dishonour mentioned, for as you say, it is a gift given freely, which I readily accept." > Indigo blanched. He had only intended to be courteous and assuage her fears, > but he was afraid that he had revealed too much of her history, too much of > what he was not supposed to know. She did not appear to notice Indigo's slip of the tongue. Perhaps she was very preoccupied... > Hopefully, no one would realize his mistake. > > -jak -- ----- Master Hawk Leader of the Night Parade "And it shall come to pass that what men made shall be shattered, and the Shadow shall lie across the Pattern of the Age, and the Dark One shall once more lay his hand upon the world of man." -from The Karaethon Cycle: The Prophecies of the Dragon.