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<blockquote data-quote="Tellerian Hawke" data-source="post: 7527120" data-attributes="member: 6790669">Merin plays hardball.Merin snorts in disbelief, then grins. &quot;Allow me then, Xiros, to help you imagine the source. It was the people themselves, whom we've had occasion to talk to whilest they were in town with the silk caravan. They spoke of oppression, and they were all wearing these strange collars, no doubt a sign of their bondage. Some of the superstitious fools even believed that the collars were cursed, and that those who tried to remove them would die. I don't know if I believe THAT...&quot; Merin's gaze meets Saucy's for a brief instant before continuing &quot;But certainly a collar worn around one's neck is not for the purpose of REWARDING your citizenry, and I can't see the usefulness of a collar for clearing up burnt debris, especially when such collars are worn by people who aren't even in the city. But I digress. Your internal affairs are none of our concern. We are here simply to affect trade negotiations between our two cities. But we DO want to believe that we are trading with a stable government, and that such trade would not be in danger of interruption due to political turmoil.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tellerian Hawke, post: 7527120, member: 6790669"] [b]Merin plays hardball.[/b] [B]Merin snorts in disbelief, then grins.[/B][COLOR=blue] "Allow me then, Xiros, to help you imagine the source. It was the people themselves, whom we've had occasion to talk to whilest they were in town with the silk caravan. They spoke of oppression, and they were all wearing these strange collars, no doubt a sign of their bondage. Some of the superstitious fools even believed that the collars were cursed, and that those who tried to remove them would die. I don't know if I believe THAT..."[/COLOR] [B] Merin's gaze meets Saucy's for a brief instant before continuing[/B] [COLOR=blue]"But certainly a collar worn around one's neck is not for the purpose of REWARDING your citizenry, and I can't see the usefulness of a collar for clearing up burnt debris, especially when such collars are worn by people who aren't even in the city. But I digress. Your internal affairs are none of our concern. We are here simply to affect trade negotiations between our two cities. But we DO want to believe that we are trading with a stable government, and that such trade would not be in danger of interruption due to political turmoil."[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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