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<blockquote data-quote="BoldItalic" data-source="post: 7212817" data-attributes="member: 6777052"><p><span style="color: blue">"I heard you coming," growled Rikus. "My Master does not like intruders. He will shortly release me from these chains and I will kill you all. I have fought many men better than you. I can take on all three of you easily, even unarmed. When I have killed you, my Master will give me your women. If you surrender now, I will kill you quickly and you will not suffer."</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"Mirzak is dead," Tasha informed him. "You are no longer his slave."</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"Then who is my owner now? Not you, obviously. You are a woman. You cannot own male slaves."</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"You are your own master. You are no-one's slave."</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"No. I cannot be cast aside so easily. I must be someone's slave so that I can fight for my freedom. It is what I do."</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">The logic of this perplexed Tasha, and she appealed to Goatee for help. "He wants to be allowed to fight for his freedom but he does not want to be given his freedom because it would mean he no longer had anything to fight for. It is the fighting that he craves, not the freedom. It makes no sense."</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"Some people believe that it is better to travel in hope than to arrive," suggested Goatee. "The warlord who battles to attain the throne does not rest when he is crowned; he finds new enemies to fight because at heart he is always a warlord and not truly a king."</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"Then what are we to do with him? We cannot simply leave him here, chained up to die of hunger and thirst, but if we release him he is liable to attack us because he feels the need to fight."</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">Adeliva came to the rescue. She was carrying the geranium. "Rikus, there was a great storm just now, you must have heard it? Mirzak saved us all by drawing the storm into himself. Afterwards, this was all that was left of him. This geranium is your master now."</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">Rikus reflected on this. "I shall fight for my freedom from the Evil Tyranny of the Geranium."</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"If we release you from your chains so that you can continue the fight, can we be sure you will not attack us?"</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"A slave cannot strike a free man or woman, except to defend his master. You are safe from me, as long as you do not threaten the geranium."</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"Then you, yourself, must carry the geranium and ensure that it is kept safe at all times. I am but a weak woman and it is getting quite heavy for me," said Adeliva looking coy and fluttering her bark-lashes.</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"It will be an honour to bear the weight of my master."</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">They seem to have reached a satisfactory arrangement. As Albert busied himself unlocking the chains, Footnote felt that he was being left out of the narrative and it was time he had a turn in the spotlight for a while. "I shall tell you the tale of Bladecoder The Mage, who remained silent for two hundred years until one day, he spoke. He spoke about a vision he had had, of five adventurers who found themselves in a tower in a legendary desert land, and how they met a half-dwarf slave who served a geranium, and what happened next ..." </span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BoldItalic, post: 7212817, member: 6777052"] [COLOR=blue]"I heard you coming," growled Rikus. "My Master does not like intruders. He will shortly release me from these chains and I will kill you all. I have fought many men better than you. I can take on all three of you easily, even unarmed. When I have killed you, my Master will give me your women. If you surrender now, I will kill you quickly and you will not suffer." "Mirzak is dead," Tasha informed him. "You are no longer his slave." "Then who is my owner now? Not you, obviously. You are a woman. You cannot own male slaves." "You are your own master. You are no-one's slave." "No. I cannot be cast aside so easily. I must be someone's slave so that I can fight for my freedom. It is what I do." The logic of this perplexed Tasha, and she appealed to Goatee for help. "He wants to be allowed to fight for his freedom but he does not want to be given his freedom because it would mean he no longer had anything to fight for. It is the fighting that he craves, not the freedom. It makes no sense." "Some people believe that it is better to travel in hope than to arrive," suggested Goatee. "The warlord who battles to attain the throne does not rest when he is crowned; he finds new enemies to fight because at heart he is always a warlord and not truly a king." "Then what are we to do with him? We cannot simply leave him here, chained up to die of hunger and thirst, but if we release him he is liable to attack us because he feels the need to fight." Adeliva came to the rescue. She was carrying the geranium. "Rikus, there was a great storm just now, you must have heard it? Mirzak saved us all by drawing the storm into himself. Afterwards, this was all that was left of him. This geranium is your master now." Rikus reflected on this. "I shall fight for my freedom from the Evil Tyranny of the Geranium." "If we release you from your chains so that you can continue the fight, can we be sure you will not attack us?" "A slave cannot strike a free man or woman, except to defend his master. You are safe from me, as long as you do not threaten the geranium." "Then you, yourself, must carry the geranium and ensure that it is kept safe at all times. I am but a weak woman and it is getting quite heavy for me," said Adeliva looking coy and fluttering her bark-lashes. "It will be an honour to bear the weight of my master." They seem to have reached a satisfactory arrangement. As Albert busied himself unlocking the chains, Footnote felt that he was being left out of the narrative and it was time he had a turn in the spotlight for a while. "I shall tell you the tale of Bladecoder The Mage, who remained silent for two hundred years until one day, he spoke. He spoke about a vision he had had, of five adventurers who found themselves in a tower in a legendary desert land, and how they met a half-dwarf slave who served a geranium, and what happened next ..." [/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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