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<blockquote data-quote="Boddynock" data-source="post: 1973937" data-attributes="member: 21506">&quot;Hmm, let's see. 'Bloodlumps'? No, that's not right. 'Mugwumps'? What? 'Dabus-dumps'? Oh no - far too nasty. 'Basherbumps'! That has possibilities.&quot;&quot;Or 'One-from-One'? 'Hungry Hulk'? 'Twisted Tower'? What about 'Stands Alone'? Probably too subtle for these bubbers to tumble to. Still, that's no reason not to use it.&quot;&quot;Or take the tone from the Ysgardian skalds. 'Nethelinga' - that has a ringa!&quot;&quot;What do you think, fair Tselze? How do we refer to our lumpy friend? And would the Signers really be its greatest threat? I would have thought the Guvners more likely to slice up this cutter. All in the name of Knowledge, of course.&quot;Andarin raises his recorder to his lips again, then lowers it, frowning in thought. &quot;Sweet Tselze, fairest of cupbearers, what else do you know about this Nethling creature? If its parent is aware of none but itself, what of the bud? Will it one day grow to planar size? Or is it a scout for its massive progenitor? Does Daddy look out of Buddy's eyes? What purpose does it have in the City of Doors?&quot;&quot;No, I'm an addle-pate, needlessly imagining devious darks. Surely this is not scout but baby - some baby! - and this gathering of knowledge, which it does with alacrity, shapes its future in ways we don't skeg yet.&quot;&quot;Still, the question remains - what can we do for our plug-ugly friend here?&quot;&quot;What do you say, bloods?&quot; Andarin turns to his companions, awaiting their comments.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Boddynock, post: 1973937, member: 21506"] "Hmm, let's see. 'Bloodlumps'? No, that's not right. 'Mugwumps'? What? 'Dabus-dumps'? Oh no - far too nasty. 'Basherbumps'! That has possibilities." "Or 'One-from-One'? 'Hungry Hulk'? 'Twisted Tower'? What about 'Stands Alone'? Probably too subtle for these bubbers to tumble to. Still, that's no reason not to use it." "Or take the tone from the Ysgardian skalds. 'Nethelinga' - that has a ringa!" "What do you think, fair Tselze? How do we refer to our lumpy friend? And would the Signers really be its greatest threat? I would have thought the Guvners more likely to slice up this cutter. All in the name of Knowledge, of course." Andarin raises his recorder to his lips again, then lowers it, frowning in thought. "Sweet Tselze, fairest of cupbearers, what else do you know about this Nethling creature? If its parent is aware of none but itself, what of the bud? Will it one day grow to planar size? Or is it a scout for its massive progenitor? Does Daddy look out of Buddy's eyes? What purpose does it have in the City of Doors?" "No, I'm an addle-pate, needlessly imagining devious darks. Surely this is not scout but baby - some baby! - and this gathering of knowledge, which it does with alacrity, shapes its future in ways we don't skeg yet." "Still, the question remains - what can we do for our plug-ugly friend here?" "What do you say, bloods?" Andarin turns to his companions, awaiting their comments. [/QUOTE]

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