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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jaik" data-source="post: 1539051" data-attributes="member: 12107"><p>Darren eyes the pile of valuables and a back corner of his mind starts tallying the total value, figuring special demand for certain gems or styles, subtracting for the fence's cut...Old habits die hard.  But before, Darren would have seen the total in terms of fine wine, protection money, women, parties, excess.  Now he sees children with clothes and families with food, churches with new roofs.  New habits are stronger.  Darren turns from the glittering pile and sees to arranging the former undead on the carts.  As he does so, he sings under his breath a song of Lliira, a funeral song, but one that celebrates a fine life that has come to a fine end, rather than lamenting the inevitable death.</p></blockquote><p></p>