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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mithreander" data-source="post: 1091849" data-attributes="member: 13791">Mithreander, slightly annoyed having to justify his actions answers the first of the questions with a little more sneer then absolutely necessary. “The reason I have chosen to pay you to do a job that I can readily do my self should be of no concern.” He sighs and relents and answers the question anyway. “If it helps you to know that the rod only has a 33.6% chance of helping me pierce the vale, and only a 10% if it does help, to help enough to be of any use. Then so be it. With those chances, I have decided to use my resources to better use in areas that have a greater chance of success.” He sighs, looking at the portrait and nods to it. “My wife, on the other hand, has talked me into at least dispatching someone for the artifact just in case it may be of use. I personally think it’s a waist of my time… but not yours. For a 3.4% chance of help, I can afford the time and cost to summon you and tell you what I need, and pay you on your successful retrieval of the object.” He waves away the question, as if it annoyed him and turned his attention to the next part of the same question, looking at Allen as he does so.“I can assure you that there is nothing in those caves that me or my associates fear, for I have taken the time to see that there is not much Influence there in the Ambience. What does that mean to you? It means that, though it may be a challenge for you to get the rod, there should be no challenge there that you can not over come, if you work together.” Considering that question answered, he then moved on to the monetary question and simply answers “The same will be given to each survivor who brings the rod to me.”Hearing the question of the portrait, he says “My wife seems to think she has to be concerned with this aspect of our meeting since it would not have occurred without her urging.” Then under his breathe, he adds, “Not that she thinks ANY thing is outside of her range of concern.” He glances up at the portrait to catch it sticking its tongue out at the albino elf before it goes back to its regular purveyance of the room.</blockquote>

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