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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Macv12" data-source="post: 6766374" data-attributes="member: 6801600">While the boys examine the things, and with the poisoner pretty well out of it, Shen decides to talk to Mina about trees. Or, about the people who live among them, mostly. And, to anyone with the patience to listen, really. It's a good diversion from the gash in her side, and it's nice to be reminded that something green and not horrible is out there, somewhere."Anyways, this tribe has a story they told me. They think that long ago, there were these three brothers, which was a bear, a wolf, and an eagle. Ain't sure what their mama musta been like, but that's the story."Anyhow one day the bear, he gets all fed up, and he's like, 'I'm stronger'n both a' you!', and he socks Wolf right in the jaw, and Wolf goes down like a sack a' rocks. So then he goes to punch Eagle, but eagles can fly, right, so he just flies up and starts peckin' and scratchin' Bear, who's a fat dope and can't do nothin' about it, he's just gettin' beat all to heck 'cause Eagle's too fast for him."So Bear runs off. But then Wolf gets up and he's like 'imma still beat you, Eagle,' but Eagle's like 'no y'ain't, anyhow I'm tired' and he flies away. But Wolf's got this nose, he can smell the zit pop on an orc's left butt cheek from fifty paces. So wherever Eagle tries to land, Wolf's already found him, and he can't stop. Pretty quick, Eagle gets all tuckered out, and he gives up. So the point is, everyone's got their own strengths, and no one's the best. And this tribe, they have this ritual they do when they're buttin' heads and can't decide what to do, like the brothers."First, you hold up one hand." Shen helpfully demonstrates. "Then you chant, 'brothers three, come to me.'" Again, she pauses to demonstrate, repeating the chant as she moves her hand up and down with its rhythm. "Now, you reach out to the spirits of the brothers, and let one a' them guide you. Just feel it. And the one that speaks to you, you let it out."If it's Eagle, you spread your hand out like a wing." Shen holds her hand with fingers splayed, palm to the ground. "If it's bear, you make a fist, powerful-like." She balls her hand up. "And if it's Wolf, you do like this, like a jaw." She points two fingers forward, parted. "And the other guy does the same thing. If you do Eagle and he does Bear," she explains as she does a gesture with each hand, in case the concept was too hard, "you win. But if he does Wolf, you lose. But if you actually did Bear, you win!" Shen then whispers conspiratorially: "I always do Eagle. It's the best.""And that's how they stop fights from startin'. This way they don't have to show off to each other, they can just let fate decide, you know? Been tryin' to spread that around, but it hasn't picked up yet."She looks at the sky wistfully. "...hey, wanna try them potions?"[sblock="OOC"]I'll try those remaining bottles of stuff, why we're identifying. Hopefully I can at least tell whether they're good for us or bad.[/sblock]</blockquote>

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