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<blockquote data-quote="Rystil Arden" data-source="post: 3894490" data-attributes="member: 29014">&quot;Wow, you must have the most boring musketeer missions ever.&nbsp; No princesses to save?&nbsp; Dragons to slay?&nbsp; Pirates to battle?&nbsp; To hear him tell it, Aric does all these things every week or so.&nbsp; Of course, he's making those stories up, but still.&quot;&quot;But seriously, tell me, what is it about that you find so striking, sir gallant Musketeer?&quot;&quot;I don't think it's the same.&nbsp; With a marriage, the two who are married are not taking away from the other.&nbsp; The loser is somehow who isn't involved in the marriage, not the two who love each other.&nbsp; With those sweaty men in a back room gambling, your peers are also people from whom you are taking--there's something dishonest about the camaraderie used as a tool, like a snake, to lull others into comfort and part them from their coin.&quot;&quot;But enough of that.&nbsp; So you like music too, you say?&nbsp; What's your favourite song?&quot;&quot;So you admit it,&quot; Julie smiles and shakes her head, &quot;See, but it's not your fault.&nbsp; It's just how males are of any species.&nbsp; Or that's the theory, at least.&quot;&quot;Well, that's nothing very specific.&nbsp; I shall have to think of something then...Hmm...Let me think.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rystil Arden, post: 3894490, member: 29014"] [color=lime]"Wow, you must have the most boring musketeer missions ever. No princesses to save? Dragons to slay? Pirates to battle? To hear him tell it, Aric does all these things every week or so. Of course, he's making those stories up, but still." "But seriously, tell me, what is it about that you find so striking, sir gallant Musketeer?"[/color] [color=lime]"I don't think it's the same. With a marriage, the two who are married are not taking away from the other. The loser is somehow who isn't involved in the marriage, not the two who love each other. With those sweaty men in a back room gambling, your peers are also people from whom you are taking--there's something dishonest about the camaraderie used as a tool, like a snake, to lull others into comfort and part them from their coin."[/color] [color=lime]"But enough of that. So you like music too, you say? What's your favourite song?"[/color] [color=brown]"So you admit it,"[/color] Julie smiles and shakes her head, [color=brown]"See, but it's not your fault. It's just how males are of any species. Or that's the theory, at least."[/color] [color=orange]"Well, that's nothing very specific. I shall have to think of something then...Hmm...Let me think."[/color] [/QUOTE]

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