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Message: <blockquote data-quote="talien" data-source="post: 4600980" data-attributes="member: 3285">I Know Thee Brother: ConclusionAdmonishments to the val of the city prevented the further spread of the disease.  Petru was able to cure those already infected, including Sebastian and Vlad.  “De dark-kin vil be veak for veeks,” said Petru. “What?” asked Kham.“He vill be sick for some time,” said the Nerothian. “But I expect a full recovery.”“I’ll stay with him until he can travel,” said Beldin gruffly.  “There’s a forge here.  I’ve been meaning to put that Ignium we picked up from Nishanpur to good use.”“We should keep moving,” said Vlad.  “I’d like to report back into the Duke as to what happened here.  It’s important he’s aware, in case the plague spreads.”“What I really want to know is how the hell I picked up a talking rat out of all this,” Kham said with a wry smirk.Skiz, sitting on the val’s shoulder, twitched his whiskers at Kham’s face. “I don’t know why you carry that disgusting thing around with you,” said Ilmarė.  “The wererats should be proof enough that vermin are filthy beasts.”“Those were humans once,” said Vlad.Ilmarė crossed her arms. “You didn’t seem to have a problem killing your countrymen once they took on another form.” Vlad bit his lip. He said nothing further.“Hey, leave him alone,” said Kham.  “He did what he had to.  They left him no choice.”“Gakyi found that tiny bronze idol,” said Skiz, pointing one claw at the idol in Kham’s palm.  “He said it spoke to him in dreams, dreams that promised untold power if he would perform certain tasks. At first, they were trivial things: favor a mate, avoid a certain human, and so forth.  But eventually it led him into Faerdlau, with an order to kill certain humans, mostly priests of Neroth and Beltine.  That’s about when I started talking.”Kham peered at the idol.  It was the Yellow Sign. “So you weren’t always like this?” “No, boss.  How about you?”Kham peered over his lenses at Skiz.  “Very funny.”“I still don’t trust it,” said the elorii.  “Why would it help us?”“I’m not deaf you know,” said Skiz.  “Look, it’s simple: once I realized what my old boss had planned, I didn’t want to be part of it anymore.  So I switched to the winning side; val are leaders and protectors.  My new boss was an obvious choice.”“You hear that?” Kham chuckled.  “He thinks I’m a winner.”“This, coming from a rat,” sniffed Ilmarė.  Skiz ducked his head around to look at Kham.  “I think she means you, boss.”</blockquote>

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