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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Destan" data-source="post: 1045993" data-attributes="member: 12157">Heh - looks like Karrisbane found a pun I didn't intend.  The pun that I was referring to was the fact that he "stepped carefully" around Aradeeti mercenaries in both a figurative and literal fashion.Figurative: John watched his behavior and his words when they were nearby, knowing their skewed sense of personal honor would launch them into duels at the slightest provocation.Literal: John never, ever again brushed against them in taverns or marketplaces, hence he "stepped carefully" when physically next to an Aradeeti swordsman.  The first duel had been caused by just such a brief collision - Aradeeti believe all non-Aradeeti to be quaschti, and even touching one can mar a nomad's purity and honor.We'll see more from the Aradeeti, and the other lands around Ostia Prim, as the story progresses.  Right now think of us in the stem of a funnel, and as we climb upward, the funnel widens during our ascent.This story can be confusing enough without me throwing in too many references to the lands, cultures, and peoples that dot the landscape through which the party travels.  Then again, you readers seem like an insightful bunch - maybe I should do more of that.Thanks!D</blockquote>