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Message: <blockquote data-quote="nonamazing" data-source="post: 1943778" data-attributes="member: 12118">Velious looks over the two men standing at the column, the youthful Human paying little attention to his surroundings and the hooded Shifter effortlessly remaining keenly aware of everything around him.  How very opposite they are, Velious muses, like light and dark.  There's something unique about the Human, although I can't quite put my finger on it.  The Shifter looks decidedly unfriendly, but from the way he's watching the gnome I think he suspects something odd is going on here.Velious turns to the Shifter, standing a few feet away to show proper respect.  "Greetings, Wild One."  Velious' Elven accent lends his words an eerie, almost musical effect, as though part-spoken and part-sung.  He spreads his hands in a show of peace, bowing ever so slightly.  "I take it you have noticed, as I have, that there is something unusual about this gathering?  It has intrigued me."  Velious slowly looks aroud the room once more before facing the Shifter again.  "Would you consider comparing observations with me?"Velious casually indicates the two mysterious human women.  "While their Gnomish partner attacts all the attention, those two guide the proceedings from the shadows.  I have seen them communicate with the oddly-dressed Gnome, although I cannot guess at the exact methods they are using; perhaps magic, although it does not quite have the feel of that.  To my eyes, the women appear human, but I wonder--are they?"  Velious speaks softly, loud enough to be heard by the Shifter, but just quietly enough so that the noise of the crowd renders his speech incomprehensible to those more than a handful of feet away.Turning to the Human, Velious raises his voice slightly.  "An intriguing tone, subtle in its simple complexity.  Very human.  Perhaps I am mistaken, but is that not a fragment of a holy song dedicated to the Sovereign Host?  It strikes me as unusual, for you do not, to my glance, seem to have the bearing of a priest, although first impressions can be decieving."  The blank eyes of Velious' mask reveal very little of his thoughts.</blockquote>

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