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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dpdx" data-source="post: 1915386" data-attributes="member: 188">"So you object to 'mercenary'? Then is the proper term, 'slaver'? Get Oliver to carry your damned firewood! He hasn't worked his way to full membership, either, by your standard, and he's been among us as long as you have!"As he rides ahead, Hiritus regards Raven as he would the insane. "Happy Hunting, then, I guess. What did I ever do to him?""He is angry with me for daring to suggest that one should not need to labor, buy or otherwise prove his way into this Fellowship. He presumes, I suspect, that you hold the same opinion," replies Fendric."I just wanted to make sure the kid wasn't naked at our next skirmish. Arrows go through clothes pretty easily. And goblins? They're like starving wolves - always go for whoever seems weakest. Not much honor in that, but there it is.""But, do you believe Tatlock should be asked to perform services of the other members in exchange for traveling with us?""Well, if we applied that to everyone who joined this quest after it started, several of us are sorely lacking in 'chore equity,' including me.But no, I can carry my own water and take care of Justice with Pelor's help, no problem. I'd rather see the boy rested, fed and at his best the next time we fight, than I would have him squiring everyone in our group.""That is fair. But the woodsman seeks to use the boy for his own benefit, as if he has the right!""Well, I won't know if the boy's ready to hold his end in a fight until it happens, and Raven's offering to train him. No harm in that.""Ah, but it comes with a price no one else has had to pay.""Which, so far, amounts to the care of one mule. He said he was joking about the firewood and the other 'woodsy' things.""Would that it remain that inexpensive. Do you suppose we could not just go to the Inn, instead of the Glades?""He'd find you. You'd need two days, at least, and he's due back every two hours.""Perhaps we could leave them both at the Glades...""He seems pretty set on staying with you, even if it's only to cause you aggravation. It's not in your nature to turn people away, I don't think, and you couldn't force him to leave even if you wanted to. It's not Our Way, and what's more, it isn't yours, either. Don't think I haven't heard your life story from Niccolo.""And I wouldn't, but you are right. I'll not speak of it any more. Perhaps I can try to help the boy once in a while, in case either of them are too hard on him. I have worked for Oliver before - I do not envy the boy, May the Light Protect Him.""I think we're about ready to get going."</blockquote>

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