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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ajanders" data-source="post: 2915680" data-attributes="member: 3271">Michael raises his hand placatingly."No, Welsh.  I beg your pardon.  Some of those stories have filtered in to Orussus as well -- that's mostly why we're here."Michael grimaces slightly.  "We can testify personally there are a few unpleasant things tucked away in these mountains, so it seems reasonable.  But I am aware stories grow in the telling, and one person's orc may be another person's demon."He smiles reminiscently.  "My grandpappy was out hunting one day and got a good long shot at an antelope.  It got mad and chased him for about a mile before he speared it.  Nice little buck, maybe four feet at the shoulder.On the way back home he stopped off at the neighbor to tell him the story.  The neighbor went in to town the next day and passed the story around a little."Michael has to restrain his chuckles for a moment."My daddy went to town a couple days later and heard the antelope was six feet tall, with three foot horns sharp as swords, breathed sparks and smoke out of its nostrils, and chased grandpappy for nine miles, swimming after him across Little Riverbend and Big Riverbend.Grandpa was purely disgusted.  All he could say was if he'd known that antelope was going to do that much growing, he would have waited a day or two and got the horns for trophies."He waits for everyone else to laugh, then recognizes Big Sky humor seems to be pretty localized."So I thank you both for all your help.  It's good to know what's been seen as well as what's been said, because it will help us to make it out for ourselves."</blockquote>

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