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<blockquote data-quote="Scotley" data-source="post: 3971636" data-attributes="member: 11520">&quot;I am pleased you don't want a fight today. I've had enough of that to last me a lifetime.&quot; He refills your glass. &quot;That still leaves us with a problem. I can't merely sweep the whole matter under the rug and be done with it. Believe me I considered just sending the boy off to the deepest mine to work out his youthful exuberance with pick and shovel, but in peacetime a clanleader isn't an absolute ruler. These days its all about profit and upholding Dwarven dignity. The bean counters on the clan council insist that we pursue this matter. The lad does have the weight of Dwarven law behind him as well as a lot of clan members. The fact that the lad is likely to get crushed under the weight of it, seems of little consequence to the bean counters. In truth losing a promising young dwarf to the likes of an evil greedy human captain would be good for business in their minds. The other younger members of the clan see the lad's death as just one less person between them and my chair. You see my problem.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Scotley, post: 3971636, member: 11520"] [COLOR=DarkSlateGray]"I am pleased you don't want a fight today. I've had enough of that to last me a lifetime."[/COLOR] He refills your glass. [COLOR=DarkSlateGray]"That still leaves us with a problem. I can't merely sweep the whole matter under the rug and be done with it. Believe me I considered just sending the boy off to the deepest mine to work out his youthful exuberance with pick and shovel, but in peacetime a clanleader isn't an absolute ruler. These days its all about profit and upholding Dwarven dignity. The bean counters on the clan council insist that we pursue this matter. The lad does have the weight of Dwarven law behind him as well as a lot of clan members. The fact that the lad is likely to get crushed under the weight of it, seems of little consequence to the bean counters. In truth losing a promising young dwarf to the likes of an evil greedy human captain would be good for business in their minds. The other younger members of the clan see the lad's death as just one less person between them and my chair. You see my problem."[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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