Antithetist
First Post
"I acknowledge you as master because you have so commanded it, master," came the weary reply, slowly woven in among Khalil's thoughts. Then, with a glimmering, hopeful thread, it asked, "Would you have it otherwise, master? Would you release me from my service, maser?"
"I think that would be unwise at this point," Khalil replies measuredly, moving away from the globe for the timebeing to survey the others' work on the room's repairs, and nods his approval. "Excellent," he says. "It seems we have some time to investigate."
He moves back to the other room, where Etrigan is examining the other globe. "It speaks to you?" he asks. "Its counterpart in the other room calls me its master, though it seems weary of serving."