Trouvere
Explorer
Keldar touches the scorched skin on the back of his neck, but nothing seems to happen. "Not working for me," he says.
"That's my friend Sloshy. Thyrin had him... her... it trapped in the silver circle over there. When I thought we were about to be overwhelmed, I gave it its freedom, as it asked. It seems to like quenching fires. Tommy, I'll ask permission for you, if you like." He does so, and adds a few more questions.
"Do you have a name? Does it hurt you to touch the fires? How long were you in the circle, do you know? Is Thyrin your enemy? How will you return home? When you are home, will you mention me, Keldar Warbray, remember, to others of your kind?"
"I speak Aquan well enough, with no doubt a merfolk accent, but talking to this creature, I feel as though I were whistling a tune to a nightingale."
"That's my friend Sloshy. Thyrin had him... her... it trapped in the silver circle over there. When I thought we were about to be overwhelmed, I gave it its freedom, as it asked. It seems to like quenching fires. Tommy, I'll ask permission for you, if you like." He does so, and adds a few more questions.
"Do you have a name? Does it hurt you to touch the fires? How long were you in the circle, do you know? Is Thyrin your enemy? How will you return home? When you are home, will you mention me, Keldar Warbray, remember, to others of your kind?"
"I speak Aquan well enough, with no doubt a merfolk accent, but talking to this creature, I feel as though I were whistling a tune to a nightingale."