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<blockquote data-quote="Systole" data-source="post: 5716713" data-attributes="member: 93930">For the first time Rechard's mask of indifference drops a bit.&nbsp; &quot;Mr. Moon, I am attempting to blackmail you into no such thing.&nbsp; You have talent; you may wish to use it for a purpose beyond playing fetch.&nbsp; But if you find that game to be preferable, do not let us keep you.&nbsp; As for offering you beads...&quot;&nbsp; &nbsp;He stands up, and his eyes harden.&nbsp; &quot;I walked and lived with the Aztec for three lifetimes, doing what I could as smallpox and the Spanish destroyed their empire.&nbsp; I saw Tenochtitlan in its glory, and Texcoco, and Tlacopan.&nbsp; I heard the priests of Quetzalcoatl sing the Chimalpopoca from the tops of the pyramids to meet the dawn.&nbsp; I am a student of the telpochcalli and the calmecac.&nbsp; You will not speak to me as if I were a conquistador.&quot;&nbsp; He spits the last word with a pure, unmistakable hatred.&nbsp;He stops abruptly, suddenly aware that he may have said too much, and the mask slides back into place.&nbsp; He sits back down quietly.&nbsp; &quot;But perhaps I could teach you tlachtli ... ah, now there was a game.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Systole, post: 5716713, member: 93930"] For the first time Rechard's mask of indifference drops a bit. [COLOR=sandybrown]"Mr. Moon, I am attempting to blackmail you into no such thing. You have talent; you may wish to use it for a purpose beyond playing [I]fetch[/I]. But if you find that game to be preferable, do not let us keep you. As for offering you beads..."[/COLOR] He stands up, and his eyes harden. [COLOR=sandybrown]"I walked and lived with the Aztec for three lifetimes, doing what I could as smallpox and the Spanish destroyed their empire. I saw Tenochtitlan in its glory, and Texcoco, and Tlacopan. I heard the priests of Quetzalcoatl sing the Chimalpopoca from the tops of the pyramids to meet the dawn. I am a student of the telpochcalli and the calmecac. [I]You will not speak to me as if I were a conquistador[/I]." [/COLOR]He spits the last word with a pure, unmistakable hatred. He stops abruptly, suddenly aware that he may have said too much, and the mask slides back into place. He sits back down quietly. [COLOR=sandybrown]"But perhaps I could teach you tlachtli ... ah, now [I]there[/I] was a game."[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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