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Message: <blockquote data-quote="s@squ@tch" data-source="post: 4392358" data-attributes="member: 42885">VirashilVirashil sits back in her chair and wipes her mouth with her napkin, gently folding it and placing it back upon the table.  Her meal of stewed chicken breast and root vegetables had hit the spot and filled her up.  She had been at her wits end with the trail rations they had been living on the past several days, so a home-cooked meal was a welcome respite.The old man's entrance and comments had perked her ears up, but also made her somewhat paranoid -- they had only mentioned the hobgoblins to the outlying guardpost -- obviously, the fact that word had travelled so fast to the leadership of the town indicated the level of severity of trouble these folks were in -- or perhaps were these two some sort of con man and sidekick?  If the former were indeed the case, did these two approach any group of newcomers to the town?She looked at them closely, trying to read their body language as she struggled to determine if they were telling the truth or not.Looking at her companions, she decided to let the others start the conversation for them.She was good-natured, and always interested in helping those in need, but she was wary of newcomers with unsolicited pleas of help.  In the back of her mind, she hoped their issues were not as severe as they described, but her forefront preoccupation was with a slice of the fresh cheesecake that she had seen on the counter between the seating area and the kitchen...</blockquote>

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