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<blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 7213804" data-attributes="member: 20323">[SECTION][align=left]http://i.imgur.com/Hztofyg.jpg[/align]Gesturing to Hadia, the water bearer murmurs, &quot;Check on our guests to make sure they have suitable sleeping arrangements? I would speak with these two travelers a while longer.&quot; Though Hadia clearly is anxious about leaving Malsoor alone with Akilah and Lal, she bows her head quietly and does as he asks. Soon enough, she leaves the sick room, making her way back to the main cavern of the caravanserai.Regarding Akilah standing at his sick bed, Malsoor nods, &quot;You possess great insight for one so young; I have seen such wisdom among the long-lived elves, so their blood must flow strong in you. Yes, a lack of comprehension breeds fear, and fear festers into hate. It is something I have witnessed across many centuries: The same eyes, the same fear. I came to Hakim as an ice trader to the southern tribes...&quot; The water bearer begins to relate his curious tale.&quot;Fissures run below the oasis, and there was once a great block of ice there, kept frozen for years beyond counting in the cold dark earth. As a young merchant, I would cut the ice clear, and transport it with painstaking care to ice houses among the desert tribes and settlements that would become the Cities of the Pearl. It was a lucrative business, insulated from the dangers of banditry.&quot; Malsoor pauses to reach for the pitcher of water Hadia left by his bedside, the wound at his neck continuing to seal itself at an astonishing rate.[/SECTION]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Quickleaf, post: 7213804, member: 20323"] [SECTION][align=left]http://i.imgur.com/Hztofyg.jpg[/align]Gesturing to Hadia, the water bearer murmurs, [b]"Check on our guests to make sure they have suitable sleeping arrangements? I would speak with these two travelers a while longer."[/b] Though Hadia clearly is anxious about leaving Malsoor alone with Akilah and Lal, she bows her head quietly and does as he asks. Soon enough, she leaves the sick room, making her way back to the main cavern of the caravanserai. Regarding Akilah standing at his sick bed, Malsoor nods, [b]"You possess great insight for one so young; I have seen such wisdom among the long-lived elves, so their blood must flow strong in you. Yes, a lack of comprehension breeds fear, and fear festers into hate. It is something I have witnessed across many centuries: The same eyes, the same fear. I came to Hakim as an ice trader to the southern tribes..."[/b] The water bearer begins to relate his curious tale. [b]"Fissures run below the oasis, and there was once a great block of ice there, kept frozen for years beyond counting in the cold dark earth. As a young merchant, I would cut the ice clear, and transport it with painstaking care to ice houses among the desert tribes and settlements that would become the Cities of the Pearl. It was a lucrative business, insulated from the dangers of banditry."[/b] Malsoor pauses to reach for the pitcher of water Hadia left by his bedside, the wound at his neck continuing to seal itself at an astonishing rate.[/SECTION] [/QUOTE]

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