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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nonlethal Force" data-source="post: 3381487" data-attributes="member: 35788">Reply To Reader ... Not An UpdateThanks for the response!First off, glad you are still reading! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />  I hope the story has pulled you in, although this one is more different in tone and less straightforward an adventure than the last.Second, I'll add a bit of perspective on Opheiluka as a character that I wasn't planning on including in the story - since there was some interest in this area.  There are several things that are true about Ophee.  First, she is insanely loyal to the wizard that she serves.  For now, I'll leave it at that because her loyalty (in addition to the motivations behind it as cause and the results of that loyalty) will spin out later in the story.  However, in addition to her loyalty, she is also extremely confident in her ability to handle certain situations.  Whether her confidence is justified or not has yet to be seen.  But self-confidence is not one of Ophee's problems.  As for her name ... if you know what the koine greek verb Opheilo [That would be Omicron - Phi - Epsilon - Iota - Lambda - Omega] means you will have an advantage.  For readers who might know the verb - or who might be able to find out what it means - please don't post it here. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> [Koine Greek is the Greek dialect evolving out of the armies of Alexander the Great]As for the city guard ... well ... I'll make you all wait until the next installment before giving out details on what's to come! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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