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<blockquote data-quote="Qik" data-source="post: 5860910" data-attributes="member: 6673727"><p>At Phedilo's suggestion, the group makes the ride back to his shop where they can question their captive in a suitably private environment. Maui's ongoing objection and active protest noted, the group moves the halfling up into Phedilo's private storage and study area, where their employer moves a stiff-backed chair into the center of the room and then steps back in order to allow the others to take the lead in the interrogation. </p><p></p><p>A single cast from his wand is all it takes to pull their prisoner out of the depths of unconsciousness. He stirs slowly at first, but his level of awareness accelerates as his memory and understanding return: eyes popping open in a combination of fear and rage reminiscent of a caged animal, the halfling jerks wildly against his bonds, but they hold strong. In any event, he's not exactly built physically to escape from well-implemented restraints.</p><p></p><p>Though his eyes initially burn with defiance, Eanos' display is convincing; by the time he removes the gag, their captive has ceased fighting his restraints and seems resigned to his situation, and his apparent role within it. With the gag off, the first thing their prisoner does is sigh. </p><p></p><p><span style="color: Sienna">"I do not fear death. Issolatha has long since shown me the image behind the veil of our mortality. But I concede that not fearing the destination of death is not necessarily the same as not fearing the journey there"</span> - here the halfling's eyes move along his captors nervously, resting especially on the imposing form of Sauvressa, before sighing once more - "so I will do as you say, heathen, and we shall see where it takes us all. But first, a question?" The halfling gazes deeply into Eanos' eyes. <span style="color: Sienna">"You invoked the name of the Divine Secret Keeper. What right of yours do you believe this is?"</span> The halfling seems not so much righteously indignant as genuinely curious.</p><p></p><p>He then shifts in a way that suggests he would dismiss this question with a wave of his hand were one free to do so. <span style="color: Sienna">"It is of no matter. I will tell you what I can, but my knowledge will likely be less than you would want from me."</span></p><p><span style="color: Sienna"></span></p><p><span style="color: Sienna">"The Ears have been silent much longer than they have been heard, for this is the way of Issolatha, the Lady of Secrets. Long before ones such as yourself knew of our existence, we had been spreading across the full reaches of E'n, and we have been uncovering the secrets of this world and the others in ways only the true followers of the Keeper of Secrets can. Only a blessed few know the full extent of our knowledge and our grasp, because even among our own, Secrets are made to be kept."</span></p><p><span style="color: Sienna"></span></p><p><span style="color: Sienna">"As to specifics: the Ears have a few strongholds in Venza. Until very recently, Emerous Sloh, the Blessed Mouth of the Lady who Hears and Knows, kept a residence in Ranocchio; he had to abandon this bastion, however, when it was uncovered by a wily rival."</span></p><p></p><p>Here, Phedilo nods in knowing affirmation.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: Sienna">"As to others: the Ears have long sought refuge in the Sethir Mountains. There are more than one's fair share of shadows to hide in there, the dwarves keep to themselves, and the Owls of Irthos have too many other concerns to worry about what they think to be a few stray zealots. It is a suitable place to Learn and Wait."</span></p><p><span style="color: Sienna"></span></p><p><span style="color: Sienna">"Many of us have begun to move, though, to the north. To Illi Esse." He smiles. "To the House which contains the Doors to the Worlds."</span></p><p></p><p>Eanos knows the halfling speaks the truth, but also senses there is still more to be learned from him.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Qik, post: 5860910, member: 6673727"] At Phedilo's suggestion, the group makes the ride back to his shop where they can question their captive in a suitably private environment. Maui's ongoing objection and active protest noted, the group moves the halfling up into Phedilo's private storage and study area, where their employer moves a stiff-backed chair into the center of the room and then steps back in order to allow the others to take the lead in the interrogation. A single cast from his wand is all it takes to pull their prisoner out of the depths of unconsciousness. He stirs slowly at first, but his level of awareness accelerates as his memory and understanding return: eyes popping open in a combination of fear and rage reminiscent of a caged animal, the halfling jerks wildly against his bonds, but they hold strong. In any event, he's not exactly built physically to escape from well-implemented restraints. Though his eyes initially burn with defiance, Eanos' display is convincing; by the time he removes the gag, their captive has ceased fighting his restraints and seems resigned to his situation, and his apparent role within it. With the gag off, the first thing their prisoner does is sigh. [COLOR=Sienna]"I do not fear death. Issolatha has long since shown me the image behind the veil of our mortality. But I concede that not fearing the destination of death is not necessarily the same as not fearing the journey there"[/COLOR] - here the halfling's eyes move along his captors nervously, resting especially on the imposing form of Sauvressa, before sighing once more - "so I will do as you say, heathen, and we shall see where it takes us all. But first, a question?" The halfling gazes deeply into Eanos' eyes. [COLOR=Sienna]"You invoked the name of the Divine Secret Keeper. What right of yours do you believe this is?"[/COLOR] The halfling seems not so much righteously indignant as genuinely curious. He then shifts in a way that suggests he would dismiss this question with a wave of his hand were one free to do so. [COLOR=Sienna]"It is of no matter. I will tell you what I can, but my knowledge will likely be less than you would want from me." "The Ears have been silent much longer than they have been heard, for this is the way of Issolatha, the Lady of Secrets. Long before ones such as yourself knew of our existence, we had been spreading across the full reaches of E'n, and we have been uncovering the secrets of this world and the others in ways only the true followers of the Keeper of Secrets can. Only a blessed few know the full extent of our knowledge and our grasp, because even among our own, Secrets are made to be kept." "As to specifics: the Ears have a few strongholds in Venza. Until very recently, Emerous Sloh, the Blessed Mouth of the Lady who Hears and Knows, kept a residence in Ranocchio; he had to abandon this bastion, however, when it was uncovered by a wily rival."[/COLOR] Here, Phedilo nods in knowing affirmation. [COLOR=Sienna]"As to others: the Ears have long sought refuge in the Sethir Mountains. There are more than one's fair share of shadows to hide in there, the dwarves keep to themselves, and the Owls of Irthos have too many other concerns to worry about what they think to be a few stray zealots. It is a suitable place to Learn and Wait." "Many of us have begun to move, though, to the north. To Illi Esse." He smiles. "To the House which contains the Doors to the Worlds."[/COLOR] Eanos knows the halfling speaks the truth, but also senses there is still more to be learned from him. [/QUOTE]
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