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<blockquote data-quote="Hannerdyn" data-source="post: 6394602" data-attributes="member: 6777934"><p><strong>Tseg'Rhal</strong></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="color: #daa520">"<em>'Suspect everything/expect nothing</em>" goes the lesson of Na'Ran from the 6th parable of G'Nor,"</span></strong> said Rhal, as he preferred to be called (the forename being unduly formal for his tastes, he earlier explained). His lips twisted in what he hope looked like an approximation of a wry human smile. Rhal reminded himself that he would likely fail to convey the mix of attempted wisdom and aware self-aggrandizement that he found humorous, so he spoke on; <strong><span style="color: #daa520">"I have heard of the city items both distressing and wonderful, seemly and despicable, and so the lesson. Of course, G'Nor's parable was about opening a door with a loud noise behind it, not visiting the Fifth City. I expect he would have said more about that had he had the opportunity,"</span></strong> Rhal said, laughing to himself in a throaty chuckle.</p><p></p><p>His golden eyes wandered over the others in the skiff, hoping for a reaction to his humor. Humans and elves had different opinions about what they found humorous, and while he once would have simply said 'Dragonborn are more developed in their humor than other humanoids' he now said 'they were different' and while that was unsatisfying, it would need to be enough.</p><p></p><p>If they laughed they would show their teeth, and he was still getting accustomed to not taking that as a threat. He had taken to keeping his head under the hood of his burlap cloak to hide his headcrest - which rose on it's own volition when he was alarmed by something. Instead he kept his face passive, which he knew was more like <em>inscrutable</em> to others, behind his brown scales tipped in gold, his slow movements, his gold-black, searching eyes were <em>slitted</em> rather than <em>irised</em>. His hands were short a finger compared to the others, and tipped with brown claws. Rhal knew he was the alien aboard this skiff, and knew he had to suppress his discomfort were he to learn anything on this journey.</p><p></p><p>Tapping his staff against the bottom of the skiff, he asked aloud; <strong><span style="color: #daa520">"My question is, what does anyone hope to find? This you are most likely to discover."</span></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hannerdyn, post: 6394602, member: 6777934"] [b]Tseg'Rhal[/b] [B][COLOR=#daa520]"[I]'Suspect everything/expect nothing[/I]" goes the lesson of Na'Ran from the 6th parable of G'Nor,"[/COLOR][/B] said Rhal, as he preferred to be called (the forename being unduly formal for his tastes, he earlier explained). His lips twisted in what he hope looked like an approximation of a wry human smile. Rhal reminded himself that he would likely fail to convey the mix of attempted wisdom and aware self-aggrandizement that he found humorous, so he spoke on; [B][COLOR=#daa520]"I have heard of the city items both distressing and wonderful, seemly and despicable, and so the lesson. Of course, G'Nor's parable was about opening a door with a loud noise behind it, not visiting the Fifth City. I expect he would have said more about that had he had the opportunity,"[/COLOR][/B] Rhal said, laughing to himself in a throaty chuckle. His golden eyes wandered over the others in the skiff, hoping for a reaction to his humor. Humans and elves had different opinions about what they found humorous, and while he once would have simply said 'Dragonborn are more developed in their humor than other humanoids' he now said 'they were different' and while that was unsatisfying, it would need to be enough. If they laughed they would show their teeth, and he was still getting accustomed to not taking that as a threat. He had taken to keeping his head under the hood of his burlap cloak to hide his headcrest - which rose on it's own volition when he was alarmed by something. Instead he kept his face passive, which he knew was more like [I]inscrutable[/I] to others, behind his brown scales tipped in gold, his slow movements, his gold-black, searching eyes were [I]slitted[/I] rather than [I]irised[/I]. His hands were short a finger compared to the others, and tipped with brown claws. Rhal knew he was the alien aboard this skiff, and knew he had to suppress his discomfort were he to learn anything on this journey. Tapping his staff against the bottom of the skiff, he asked aloud; [B][COLOR=#daa520]"My question is, what does anyone hope to find? This you are most likely to discover."[/COLOR][/B] [/QUOTE]
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