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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ringmereth" data-source="post: 2992184" data-attributes="member: 33915">The most richly-dressed dwarf chews a mouthful of bread for a long moment, narrowing his eyes at the small reptilian addressing him. He swallows; his gaze shifts up towards Vhir's partner, and then he nods to the dwarf seated across from him. "We may speak outside," the head Kundarak official states in a deep voice. The two dwarves stand and proceed out the door and onto the windy open deck, the lesser-ranking one glancing at the three sailors working near the bow.[sblock=Doral]Focusing his mind-reading spell on the two dwarves reveals that the leader has some degree of cleverness, but his unknown companion's intellect is the superior of the two--though the beguiler notes that neither possesses an intelligence to rival his own. Despite this, the leader's mind subconciously shuts out his attempts to read its surface thoughts. The other dwarf is not so willful.The Blacksurf pirates? the dwarf wonders as they step outside. What brings them to hire kobolds? He don't look like a Blacksurf. Those clothes aren't from the Principalities...[/sblock]Satisfied with the crew's distance, the well-dressed leader speaks again, standing tall and making sure the puny negotiator is aware of the difference in their heights and bulks. "I am Kinndareck. I represent the Banking Guild's Department of Expansion; my assistant from the Warding Guild is named Baranak. What buisness does the Blacksurf Principalty have with us?" [sblock=OOC: On in-character discussion]If I gave the impression that I'd rather skim over conversations, that's not my intention. Dark and I are trying to avoid presumptions in dialogue; i.e. asking an NPC a question and assuming a satisfactory answer will be given, and putting a follow-up question in the same post. It's rather like posting assuming that a character will hit his enemy in combat, and writing that "So-and-so bashes the goblin's forehead with his mace, spraying blood across the dry ground," rather than "So-and-so strikes at the goblin with his mace, swinging for the head."[/sblock]</blockquote>

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