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VOLUME SIX, ISSUE FORTY-FOUR                            December 9th, 1999&lt;br /&gt;
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                            TABLE OF CONTENTS&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
                             NEWS &amp;amp; REPORTS&lt;br /&gt;
          -                The Immortal Report                       -&lt;br /&gt;
          -                Connection Analysis                       -&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
                               LEGENDITES&lt;br /&gt;
          -                   Announcements                          -&lt;br /&gt;
          -                A Crumpled Missive                        -   &lt;br /&gt;
          -                Misdirected Letter                        - &lt;br /&gt;
          -                The McDougan Report                       -&lt;br /&gt;
          -                  Kyna's Journey                          -&lt;br /&gt;
          -               A Chance Conversation                      -&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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/__|                    UPCOMING CALENDAR OF EVENTS                   |__\&lt;br /&gt;
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         [All times are system time unless otherwise specified]&lt;br /&gt;
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          &amp;gt;-/\*/\-/\*/\-/\*/\-/\ December /\-/\*/\-/\*/\-/\*/\-&amp;lt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
   Thursday, December  9       7:00pm      Q &amp;amp; A in the OOC Auditorium&lt;br /&gt;
   Thursday, December 16       7:00pm      Q &amp;amp; A in the OOC Auditorium&lt;br /&gt;
   Saturday, December 25            Merry Christmas to all! &lt;br /&gt;
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/__|                          NEWS AND REPORTS                        |__\&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
                            The Immortal Report&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Please note: this report summary covers the last 3 weeks.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Admin&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Zandy issued some warnings, deleted a few people by request, did some&lt;br /&gt;
archive/unarchives/descriptions, helped some newbies, unpurged a few&lt;br /&gt;
characters, and pkenabled some people.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Charity did some pkenabling, updated documentation and did some&lt;br /&gt;
warning-related recordkeeping.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Chocorua worked on his new scripts which allow more types of immorts to do&lt;br /&gt;
descriptions, did a few descriptions himself, archives/unarchives, unpurged&lt;br /&gt;
some characters, wrote some help files, and dealt with some problems.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
LadyAce fixed help files and warned people for cheating &amp;amp; language violations&lt;br /&gt;
She also changed all instances of the M-82 to be in spec, and did a clan&lt;br /&gt;
reimb for the Mafia, with help from Rufus.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Building&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sandra sorted through bugs/typos/ideas. She fixed bugs in Boston, Salem,&lt;br /&gt;
Pittsburgh, Viking, Crusades, Beowulf, and French/Indian war, and boosted&lt;br /&gt;
some mob xp in Salem.  She worked with Zandy on Anasazi to get it installed.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Charity updated docs, and sent Kae a few notes on Malta and did some bug/typo&lt;br /&gt;
fixing on the Abbey. She also talked to a player about imming.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Cheyla looked at comments from reviewers on Alaska and made some changes,&lt;br /&gt;
additions to it, and did some review work on Tudor.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Croaker finished work on his new Hades area.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Kae looked at reviewer comments on Malta.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
LadyAce dressed some mobs and added some mob acts to Klein.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Rusalka looked over some of the feedback she got from reviewers.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Zandy did his final fixes to Anasazi, and installed it. He then did fixes to&lt;br /&gt;
Anasazi as they came up, and began pondering another area.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Coder&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Ea fixed a bug with form and one with sell_housing, fixed some crashing bugs,&lt;br /&gt;
added in combat prompts, tweaked balance on gust of wind/fly, and did&lt;br /&gt;
research into other odd bugs. He put Choc's new description scripts in place,&lt;br /&gt;
and changed around some logging methods.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Rufus did more work on runes, retreat, and a variety of new skills (20+)&lt;br /&gt;
including rally, blindside, flip, trip, boxing, suckerpunch, wrestling, and&lt;br /&gt;
charge. He also fixed some memory leaks &amp;amp; crashing bugs. He also added&lt;br /&gt;
support for commas to who, whos, whois, and whoimm (i.e. whois Joe,Bob,Pete&lt;br /&gt;
now works), fixed typos, made serenade/sing not work in the OOC, cut down&lt;br /&gt;
item damage due to spells, and adjusted/improved the door query command.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Chocorua kept his own code up to date and fixed a crashing bug.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Huginn did some bugfixing on steal, transparency, decay, major illusion, and&lt;br /&gt;
dispel magic. He changed build query to show the door options along with a&lt;br /&gt;
house prior to purchase, and fixed a bug so that GMs can now erase from&lt;br /&gt;
clan-owned boards. He also fixed some bugs with repudiate.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
LadyAce changed the message in armslore and did some typo fixing.  She made&lt;br /&gt;
greater naiads be flying so they can travel over water, set purge to not echo&lt;br /&gt;
to the room. She changed the &amp;quot;You sure are BLEEDING!&amp;quot; message to be &amp;quot;You&lt;br /&gt;
can't take much more of this!&amp;quot;, typofixed the disguise skill, and changed&lt;br /&gt;
scuffle  so that it now has a message.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
PR&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
LadyAce did descs, housing reimbs, strings, tracked down purged player files,&lt;br /&gt;
ran a Q &amp;amp; A, and put together an LT. She spent a fair bit of time on&lt;br /&gt;
vacation/recovering from a vacation, but is now back to work.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Croaker did strings/restrings/zips and answered lots of questions.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Huginn did a few restrings and strings.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Natalia devoted a lot of time to reimbursing furniture, helped a RP plot&lt;br /&gt;
using switch/echo, did a few strings/restrings, answered questions, and did&lt;br /&gt;
some archivals/unarchivals.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Rusalka ran a flag hunt, answered questions, did some unarchivals, reimbursed&lt;br /&gt;
some furniture, and did strings &amp;amp; restrings.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sandra did some descs and housing reimbs, etc.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Stile did some long desc stringing and some reimbursing, a few strings, and&lt;br /&gt;
some unarchivals.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
                        LegendMUD Connection Analysis&lt;br /&gt;
                               produced by Kaige&lt;br /&gt;
                     November 1 1999 - November 30 1999&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
                      November Peak Mortal Players 70&lt;br /&gt;
                            Average Peak was 50&lt;br /&gt;
                        Peak PK Enabled Players 20&lt;br /&gt;
                Pkenabled Characters represent approximately&lt;br /&gt;
                           17% of active players.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The first two tables below show the Average Mortal Players and Average PK&lt;br /&gt;
Enabled Players connected to Legend by hour of the day as polled&lt;br /&gt;
approximately on the hour system time during the period noted above.  The&lt;br /&gt;
third table shows the same averages calculated by the day of week.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
                  hour  0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 11&lt;br /&gt;
                  ------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;
                  avg  35 32 29 26 22 21 19 19 21 22 29 31&lt;br /&gt;
                  pke   7  5  5  4  5  3  3  3  3  4  5  5&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
                  hour 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23&lt;br /&gt;
                  ------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;
                  avg  32 35 35 36 37 36 40 40 39 50 49 41&lt;br /&gt;
                  pke   5  4  4  6  5  5  6  6  5  9  8  6&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
                  day   MON  TUE  WED  THU  FRI  SAT  SUN&lt;br /&gt;
                  ------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;
                  avg    30   30   30   31   31   36   38&lt;br /&gt;
                  pke     5    5    5    6    4    6    5&lt;br /&gt;
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                                 Announcements&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=============&lt;br /&gt;
Descriptions:&lt;br /&gt;
=============&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==========&lt;br /&gt;
Clan News:&lt;br /&gt;
==========&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Krillen disbanded the Caravan Traders.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Night Slayers and the Assassin's Guild were formed.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
There are currently 30 official clans, with 2 slots available for new ones to&lt;br /&gt;
form.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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Members:&lt;br /&gt;
========&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
                        &amp;lt;-I-&amp;gt; &amp;lt;-I-&amp;gt; &amp;lt;-I-&amp;gt; &amp;lt;-I-&amp;gt; &amp;lt;-I-&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
                            A Crumpled Missive &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*your gaze is drawn to a crumbled notice posted nearby*&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
For several years a loved one has been missing and nearly all hope has been&lt;br /&gt;
abandoned.  If anyone knows the whereabouts or a way to contact Erica&lt;br /&gt;
McDougan, please send a note to Hastur McDougan.  A possible reward is&lt;br /&gt;
offered for valid information.  She was last seen about a year ago.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
-Hastur McDougan&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
                        &amp;lt;-I-&amp;gt; &amp;lt;-I-&amp;gt; &amp;lt;-I-&amp;gt; &amp;lt;-I-&amp;gt; &amp;lt;-I-&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
                              Misdirected Letter&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
An envelope was found on the doorstep of the LT Editorial Office, scented&lt;br /&gt;
with an odd mixture of lilac perfume and brimstone. Inside was a letter&lt;br /&gt;
written in a bright purple substance that almost resembled nail polish.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Dearest Thalia,&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
So good to hear from you. Of course I meant to write earlier, I've just been&lt;br /&gt;
so horribly busy, that I hadn't the time. Thank you ever so much for your&lt;br /&gt;
most excellent advice, although I did receive it After the Fact. Yes, you can&lt;br /&gt;
be a flower girl! And thank you so very much for recommending that decorator&lt;br /&gt;
to me. I couldn't bear to leave Marcel's living room bare after that&lt;br /&gt;
unfortunate accident with the cleaning spell. And the decorator did such a&lt;br /&gt;
marvelous job on, as you can see:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
A large disco ball glitters from the ceiling, casting purple light everywhere.&lt;br /&gt;
Glorious streams of fragrant purple flowers garland the room.&lt;br /&gt;
A fine, plush Persian carpet covers the barren floorboards.&lt;br /&gt;
Violet velvet wallpaper encloses the walls, making you feel as though you&lt;br /&gt;
are inside a velvet box.&lt;br /&gt;
A deep plushy couch sits in the corner, covered with wildly colored cushions.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
And so cheaply too!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
There was only one eensy teensy little problem. Marcel didn't like it. I&lt;br /&gt;
can't imagine why. He found the violet velvet wallpaper revolting. He claimed&lt;br /&gt;
that the disco ball hurt his eyes, despite his sunglasses. Then he tried to&lt;br /&gt;
turn the disco ball off. Which upset the decorator, as the disco ball is just&lt;br /&gt;
essential to the rest of the decor. Then they started yelling at each other.&lt;br /&gt;
And I'm sure that it was an accident but er, well, Marcel sort of killed him.&lt;br /&gt;
I do hope you don't mind, Thalia dearest. I'm sure that he didn't MEAN to&lt;br /&gt;
throttle the decorator with the puce colored couch cushions, or order Fred to&lt;br /&gt;
jump all over him. Although Marcel did say that he preferred a blood red&lt;br /&gt;
color scheme to purple.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
And Thalia dearest, there really is a bright side to it. Because after he&lt;br /&gt;
er...died, the decorator rose up as a ghost and announced his intention to&lt;br /&gt;
decorate Hell. So I'm sure you'll get to see him soon! Although I must say,&lt;br /&gt;
you should have seen the look on Marcel's face when he realized that Hell&lt;br /&gt;
would soon be covered with violet velvet wall paper and disco balls!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
He almost deserves it.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Oh dear. I must run. I just got word from the florists. They want to use&lt;br /&gt;
gardenias! What on earth could they be thinking of?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
- Mitra&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
                        &amp;lt;-I-&amp;gt; &amp;lt;-I-&amp;gt; &amp;lt;-I-&amp;gt; &amp;lt;-I-&amp;gt; &amp;lt;-I-&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
                            The McDougan Report      &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
                                           by&lt;br /&gt;
                            Thalgenel McDougan&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
        Thish week, we deal with the tricky shubject of English-Shcottish&lt;br /&gt;
Relationsh&lt;br /&gt;
    And sheeing that m'dear wife Katarina ish English, I'm gaeing tae hae&lt;br /&gt;
tae be verrr ceerful heer.&lt;br /&gt;
    Shuffishe it tae shay, England ish nae reely one plashe.  The nairth ish&lt;br /&gt;
a nishe, gentle plashe.  Pairfect feer raiding partiesh when at war wi' the&lt;br /&gt;
shooth half!&lt;br /&gt;
    And wi'in the shooth half, there are evil, evil ladsh.&lt;br /&gt;
    Edward the Firsht shpringsh tae mind, ash doesh hish shon, Edward the&lt;br /&gt;
Shecond.  And dunnae feerget Edward the shecond'sh shon, Edward the Third.&lt;br /&gt;
    Dante was verr, verr fond of Edward the Firsht.  In Purgatorio he getsh&lt;br /&gt;
complimented.&lt;br /&gt;
    Thish ish why Flagg ashured me tha' Purgatory will ne'er be built.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    Eenyway, ignoring the evil Edwardsh, there be shoom nishe shooth&lt;br /&gt;
english, a rarity boot an occashional occurrance - take m'wife or tha' nishe&lt;br /&gt;
shervant in loondon wha I drink wi oon occashion. -   shoom verr annoying&lt;br /&gt;
boot nae truly bad at heart English, like shertain bootblacksh,  Shoom&lt;br /&gt;
peashantsh wha hae nae choishe boot tae invade shcotland....&lt;br /&gt;
    And then we get the anti-shcottish evil bashtardsh tha' gie aul England&lt;br /&gt;
a curshe upoon itsh name froom aul Shcotsh when they are thought of.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    A shpeshific example wash gaeing tae be mentioned heer, boot 'ere she&lt;br /&gt;
left she gave me reashon tae doubt she wash quite ash bad ash I thought,&lt;br /&gt;
shae I left it to be dealt with in more devioushly amushing waysh involving&lt;br /&gt;
the consheptsh queen wha' killed Mary o' Shcotsh (I cannae shay evil, ash&lt;br /&gt;
itmsuht be admitted tha' we dinnae like her mooch either at the time)  and&lt;br /&gt;
traitor.&lt;br /&gt;
    After aul, creaive and non-harramful vengeanshe ish often the mosht&lt;br /&gt;
shatishfying.&lt;br /&gt;
    Eenyway, back tae the shubject...&lt;br /&gt;
    Bashically, they invaded ush, we dunnae like them.  Shae hoo dae we&lt;br /&gt;
reach guid relationsh wi' them again?&lt;br /&gt;
    Weel, I hae a three shtep plan.&lt;br /&gt;
    1.  Return upon shcotland itsh own naion hood.&lt;br /&gt;
    2.  Public apology day: a day when Englishmen shend lettersh nairth&lt;br /&gt;
apologishing feer wha their anceshtersh did.  Thish cauld alsho fuel a&lt;br /&gt;
lucrative geneology indushtry!&lt;br /&gt;
     3.  Noo tha' we hae the nationhood, and an apology - we might be&lt;br /&gt;
willing tae forgo shtep twa, boot shtep three ish the mosht important:&lt;br /&gt;
    DUNNAE YE DARE INVADE OOUR COUNTRY AGEEN!  OR WE'LL SHTICK YE IN THE&lt;br /&gt;
TROOSHERSH WI' A CLAYMORE.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    I theenk tha' joosht aboot cooversh it.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    -McDougan&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
                        &amp;lt;-I-&amp;gt; &amp;lt;-I-&amp;gt; &amp;lt;-I-&amp;gt; &amp;lt;-I-&amp;gt; &amp;lt;-I-&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
                               Kyna's Journey&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
They were outside, for there were was no better place for a lesson in&lt;br /&gt;
elemental magic.  The lesson was nearly over, the crone realising she had&lt;br /&gt;
given the girls enough information to absorb for the day.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The half a dozen young maidens fell to chatting amongst themselves, and the&lt;br /&gt;
old woman listened idly to their conversation.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Kyna let them gossip for a few minutes, then spoke.  &amp;quot;As you know, this is my&lt;br /&gt;
last day as a teacher here and part of my role as an ancient one is to pass&lt;br /&gt;
on my life experience.&amp;quot;  The girls nodded in acknowledgment.  &amp;quot;We will&lt;br /&gt;
devote the rest of the day to this.  Do any of you have any questions, so&lt;br /&gt;
that we have a place to start?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
One of the girls asked &amp;quot;Tell us please, how did you come to be a 'wise&lt;br /&gt;
one' Crone Kyna?&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Kyna looked up into the skies and pondered, as she gathered her thoughts&lt;br /&gt;
about her.  With a wave of her hand, she dismissed the golem she had&lt;br /&gt;
summoned to demonstrate the lesson, and settled into a more comfortable&lt;br /&gt;
position.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;You want to know about my journey towards wisdom?&amp;quot; she queried.  &amp;quot;It&lt;br /&gt;
began many years ago, when I was an infant, and will not stop until the&lt;br /&gt;
day I die. You are all familiar with the ceremony for deciding a child's&lt;br /&gt;
career?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The girls nodded, except for young Felara, &amp;quot;That is not a custom my&lt;br /&gt;
people follow, would you explain it for me?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Certainly,&amp;quot; responded Kyna, and she smiled reassuringly at Felara. &amp;quot;When a&lt;br /&gt;
child reaches the age of walking, we hold a ceremony to ask the Goddess to&lt;br /&gt;
show us that child's vocation.  Part of the rite involves placing the child&lt;br /&gt;
in the exact centre of a circle of tools and implements of various career&lt;br /&gt;
paths. The tools the child first touches indicate the Will of the Goddess&lt;br /&gt;
for that child's future.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Felara nodded, quickly grasping the point. She was a bright child, mused the&lt;br /&gt;
crone, with an interesting future ahead of her. &amp;quot;So which did you choose?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
she asked.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Well, apparently, I was fascinated by the daggers and shields of a warrior,&lt;br /&gt;
and for a few moments everyone watching concluded that was to be my life.&lt;br /&gt;
However, after looking at them for several minutes, I turned on my heel (so I&lt;br /&gt;
am told) and headed directly for the books and scrolls of those in the&lt;br /&gt;
service of the Goddess. It is said that I picked up a book, and leafed&lt;br /&gt;
through it, as if I was reading it. Thus were my first steps on my path.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The woman paused for a moment, and turned an expert eye on the sun.  The&lt;br /&gt;
noontime meal was about to be served, she judged correctly.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;It's time for lunch, girls,&amp;quot; she said.  &amp;quot;We'll have to leave my life there&lt;br /&gt;
for now.&amp;quot;  With surprising agility she rose nimbly to her feet, and dismissed&lt;br /&gt;
the class.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
They all headed towards the dining hall, but Felara hung back for a moment.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;What will you do now, Mother Kyna.  Now that you are no longer a teacher, I&lt;br /&gt;
mean?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Kyna gently reminded Felara (again) that the honorific Mother was not&lt;br /&gt;
appropriate. Kyna had passed from Mother to Crone many years ago, and should&lt;br /&gt;
be correctly addressed as Crone. This was a hard lesson for Felara,&lt;br /&gt;
understandably. Felara was newly come from a foreign land, where old women&lt;br /&gt;
were feared and shunned, not given the respect their age merited. In Felara's&lt;br /&gt;
country, crone was an insult.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Kyna smiled. &amp;quot;What will I do?  I will always be a teacher, but I will no&lt;br /&gt;
longer have a class. I intend to explore beyond this valley, seeking new&lt;br /&gt;
knowledge, and helping others to learn based on my experiences.  It is many&lt;br /&gt;
years since I last left my home, and the time has come to see what has become&lt;br /&gt;
of the rest of the world.&amp;quot; She ruffled Felara's hair playfully.  &amp;quot;Run along&lt;br /&gt;
child, and have your lunch. We can continue this discussion after we've&lt;br /&gt;
eaten.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
                        &amp;lt;-I-&amp;gt; &amp;lt;-I-&amp;gt; &amp;lt;-I-&amp;gt; &amp;lt;-I-&amp;gt; &amp;lt;-I-&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
                           A Chance Conversation                   &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
A chance conversation overheard at the Well of Trust, between a believer and&lt;br /&gt;
a non-believer.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sigrid says to Baelish, 'You can wake up now the danger has passed.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'Danger?' Baelish says. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'Yes, the nobleman,' Sigrid says.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'I fear no noblemen, only the evil in their hearts,' Baelish says.  'It is&lt;br /&gt;
not something to fear though, it is something to conquer.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'Ya wanna conquer evil?' Sigrid says to Baelish. 'Well then why you were&lt;br /&gt;
hiding under the well?' &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Baelish says, 'I was simply resting, evil never sleeps, but we mortals have&lt;br /&gt;
to at times.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'Ah, so if I sleep i prove myself non evil,' Sigrid says.  Sigrid lies down&lt;br /&gt;
and goes to sleep. Sigrid wakes and stands up.  'There.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Baelish says, 'Only to conquer long enough to destroy it. Evil is treacherous&lt;br /&gt;
as well. 'Unpredictable, ever changing, evil will sleep just to try to prove&lt;br /&gt;
its innocence.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'So you're lying when saying it never sleeps?' Sigrid says to Baelish. 'What&lt;br /&gt;
does that make you?'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Baelish says, 'I do not lie, evil itself never sleeps, the forms taken by&lt;br /&gt;
evil sleep to beguile those that are searching for them.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sigrid says to Baelish, 'Takes one to know that.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'Takes someone schooled in the ways of evil yes, but not evil itself,' &lt;br /&gt;
Baelish says.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Baelish says, 'I have spent my life studying evil ways, so that I can better&lt;br /&gt;
understand them. But not to bring forth evil myself, but to destroy it.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'Well, no matter what I say you'll be too self righteous to admit you're no&lt;br /&gt;
less human than any of us... none are just good or just evil, we're all&lt;br /&gt;
complex natures,' Sigrid says to Baelish.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Baelish says, 'Not so complex as you might think.' Sigrid yawns. Baelish goes&lt;br /&gt;
on, 'Those twisted by evil are pure in their vileness, and must be dealt&lt;br /&gt;
with.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sigrid says to Baelish, 'Sure sure... my point, you'll never admit it.'&lt;br /&gt;
Sigrid pats Baelish on the head.  Sigrid says to Baelish, 'It must be nice to&lt;br /&gt;
think yourself so sure on doing the right thing.. the world must be very&lt;br /&gt;
simple to you.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'Must be like having a religion or something,' Sigrid says to Baelish.&lt;br /&gt;
'Being blinded by your own beliefs.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Baelish says, 'I am not blinded at all, I am shown the light, and it is &lt;br /&gt;
brilliant.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sigrid says to Baelish, 'Take care not to watch the light too long, or it&lt;br /&gt;
will blind you sooner or later.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Baelish says, 'Blasphemy.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sigrid thinks only bugs and stupid people act like flies around a candle.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'The light is all that is pure and good in this world, it will not cause any&lt;br /&gt;
of its creatures harm,' Baelish says.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sigrid says to Baelish, 'I am sure it is easier for you to believe that&lt;br /&gt;
way... as I said, it makes your world simple.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'I am sheltered in its glow, protected in fact,' Baelish says.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'Easier to believe?' Baelish says. 'That is the way it is, how could I&lt;br /&gt;
believe otherwise?'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sigrid says to Baelish, 'Suure.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'Nothing is all black or white,' Sigrid says to Baelish. 'Only blind people&lt;br /&gt;
see it that way.' &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Baelish says, 'I fear you are mistaken. Blind people see nothing, lady.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'Well, blood is red!' Sigrid says to Baelish. 'See? there are other colors in&lt;br /&gt;
life.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'Other colors exist, do not mistake me, but the fight for good and evil is&lt;br /&gt;
just that, good versus evil,' Baelish says. 'There is no middle ground, you&lt;br /&gt;
are one or the other.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'So?' Sigrid says. 'If I kill an evil man to steal his bread what does it&lt;br /&gt;
make me?'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Baelish says, 'It makes you a hand of God's justice.' Sigrid laughs with&lt;br /&gt;
amusement.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sigrid says, 'I like your logic.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'But stealing is evil, no?' Sigrid says to Baelish.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'A strong head is needed in the fight against evil,' Baelish says to Sigrid.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sigrid says to Baelish, 'Ok, serious guy, then answer my question..  stealing&lt;br /&gt;
is evil right?'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Baelish says to Sigrid, 'Stealing from the good, that is evil.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'Stealing from the evil?' Baelish says to Sigrid. 'That is justice.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'Hm, and you are the guy to decide who's good and who's evil I suppose?'&lt;br /&gt;
Sigrid says.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'Only the lord can decide that, lady,' Baelish says. 'He reveals this to his&lt;br /&gt;
people in many ways.' &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sigrid says to Baelish, 'Then who are you to say what's evil and what is &lt;br /&gt;
good?'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Baelish says, 'When the time is right, and action must be taken, he will&lt;br /&gt;
reveal it to the right person.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sigrid says to Baelish, 'I don't suppose you've spoken to the lord himself?'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'I merely do what my lord bids me,'Baelish says.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'I speak to him many times a day, as any person of faith should,' Baelish&lt;br /&gt;
says to Sigrid.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sigrid chuckles politely.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'But does he speak to you or is it your own confused mind babbling?' Sigrid&lt;br /&gt;
says to Baelish.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Baelish says to Sigrid, 'HE SPEAKS TO ME! As he does to all his creatures.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'Ah?' Sigrid says to Baelish. 'A soft spot I take it? how can you be sure...&lt;br /&gt;
you could just be crazy.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'Crazy?' Baelish says to Sigrid. 'That is a form of evil. I am not evil.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'Oh?' Sigrid says to Baelish. 'So you might either be the lords sword or you&lt;br /&gt;
might be of the evil? 50/50?'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Baelish says, 'That depends what path you follow, and what choices you make.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'If you choose to help those in need, and stomp out evil, you will be favored&lt;br /&gt;
by the lord,' Baelish says.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'But say you kill a man you see as being evil... what if you were evil say&lt;br /&gt;
the voices were the only person talking to you, then the man you killed might&lt;br /&gt;
have been good and that makes you evil,' Sigrid says to Baelish.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sigrid says to Baelish, 'Proving you can never be sure.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Baelish says, 'If you choose a darker path, you will regret it.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'The voices evil hears are that of satan,' Baelish says.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'And how do you know it isn't satan speaking in your ear?' Sigrid says to&lt;br /&gt;
Baelish. 'And not the lord?'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Baelish says, 'By my faith, I know. If you had ever been in HIS presence, you&lt;br /&gt;
would know it too.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'So you believe you are good?' Sigrid says to Baelish. 'But you actually&lt;br /&gt;
don't know for sure and never will. Hah, I have been in his presence, well he&lt;br /&gt;
said he was him anyway.. I didn't believe him.' &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'Then you are a fool,' Baelish says to Sigrid. 'I do know, the lord has given&lt;br /&gt;
my his charge, and I will follow it to the end of my days, stamping out evil&lt;br /&gt;
where-ever it may roam.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sigrid says to Baelish, 'Or opposite.. satan has given you his charge and you&lt;br /&gt;
are stomping out what satan finds evil which much be good.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Baelish says, 'I have not talked to satan.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'Oh?' Sigrid says to Baelish. 'He told you he wasn't satan? It must be true&lt;br /&gt;
then!'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Baelish says, 'I have not talked to satan as I said, the lord has revealed&lt;br /&gt;
himself to me. I need no more confirmation than that,' Baelish says.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'You do not want to see my point do you?' Sigrid says to Baelish. 'You people&lt;br /&gt;
caught by holy fire sure are narrow minded.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Baelish peers at Sigrid, looking her up and down. Wonder what he thinks?&lt;br /&gt;
Baelish says, 'It is true that I focus on ridding the world of evil, and&lt;br /&gt;
little else.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'My point being that you are no less human than any of us, who are you to be&lt;br /&gt;
judge of others,' Sigrid says to Baelish.  'That is what i believe is of the&lt;br /&gt;
evil, thinking more of yourself than of your enemy.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Baelish says, 'I am not the judge, I am but the body that carries out God's&lt;br /&gt;
will. Believe what you will, I cannot sway someone so utterly godless.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sigrid says to Baelish, 'With nothing but the insane voices in your head to&lt;br /&gt;
tell you what is God's will.. .'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'There are no insane voices in my head, only God's voice,' Baelish says.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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