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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Akin Ringpeace" data-source="post: 513724" data-attributes="member: 7047">Hmmm .. . .no, but picture this:You are walking through the market.  There are all these gawdawful noises. The source of the worst of the noises seems to be the bagpipe stand, but there's heavy competition for the title from the calliope and the clarinet and concertina wielding buskers.  And then suddenly, there's this wail that cuts through the whole market for a moment--not just the sound of a bagpipe being abused, but of one crying out in pain--not just pain -- true agony, grief and soul-rending despair.The noise is cut off abruptly, and the whole market falls eerily silent for a moment as everyone turns to look at a goblin urchin who hastily plunks a battered old bagpipe back on the counter and sheepishly exits stage right.It is a bagpipe of legend, the Voice of the King--a noble instrument that has heralded the coronation of sovereigns, inspired troops marching into battle, and wrought terror in the ranks of its foes.  It's fallen on hard times, and it's not happy.</blockquote>