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Message: <blockquote data-quote="El Jefe" data-source="post: 2436718" data-attributes="member: 19990">"Oh, no, no", he chuckled, "a short week ago, I'd never heard of this festival, let alone had plans to visit it."  He looked away, his eyes seemingly fixed on some distant object.  "Strange sometimes, how coincidences seem to just work out somehow."   He caught her gaze once again.  "No, I had just finished a task for a wealthy man in Orussus, and was looking for similar work, when I met a merchant in want of guards for his caravan.  Short fellow, you know, a dwarf, a jeweler, armorer and weaponsmith.  Anyway, I agreed to help guard his wagons for the trip from Orussus to here and back.  I'll have to be getting back in a little bit, since I take a turn keeping an eye on things at night.  But I'm free during the day, and Scarlet, I'd dearly love to see you again.  Might I ask where I should look for you, if you would favor me with your company again?"The dance had been the highlight of the journey so far, but the moment of truth was at hand.  Oirhandir yearned to know if her feelings ran beyond the politeness one would show to a stranger...perhaps even to the beginings of the slow, steady dance that was elven courtship.</blockquote>