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Message: <blockquote data-quote="James Heard" data-source="post: 2865416" data-attributes="member: 7280">"The Scaled Might tribes r'n the ones been causin' the passel o'problems lately. They're from the west and they're Cold Sun. Dark Eyes cause some troubles too, but that's just because the Dark Eye elders don't abuse their kid Lizards of th'notion. Jonnal Karl's Lizard in town might be able to tell us more about what's goin' on here-" he nods at the medallion held out by Ari, "because he's a member o'the Twilight Walkers too. Might be our best bet, if'n he isn't some sort of exile or Lizard criminal hidin' out with us because he's got a price on his head. The Three Claws up'n around past the lighthouse though, they've been quiet."His blue eyes narrowed in consideration."If any of you scrutinizin' sorts find any sorts of poison, you holler though. 'Cuz there's one tribe out here that's the devil's tooth an' should be lonely ghosts out here. If they're still around, an' still around here then, what we might be lookin' at ain't involvin' Seawell in particular at all. It might be the war everyone's been unwrappin' swords about after all, but it would be a Lizard sort of war where'n Seawell's jus' in th'way. Because all the first were Cold Sun, and the Deathrbringers ain't Cold Sun t'all. That'd make them comin' round here...bad. Bad like bad breath while insultin' a dragon - heaps o'problems more on top of the heap we're on now."He paused, again stroking a still non-existant beard much as his Pa did before tearing the guts out an animal before properly mounting it on the wall."Maybe Karl's Lizard is a criminal sort though. Which would make sense if the Twilight Walkers pulled Jango here as an...opportunity. Then they'd have somethin' to trade for Karl's Lizard that Master Silversun'd be likely to consider fer.""Which I realize still don't make an awful lot of sense how Jina and her brother knocked themselves out in the first place. What were you two doin' out here again?" he asked, scratching his head."Maybe all o'you hotfire fer the ruins found somethin' important enough that the Deathbringers done gathered spears to come fetch it regardless o'blood n'mercies? Or maybe somethin' else is goin' on. We should either head back to get Jennal's Lizard, or hope I, or someone else here, remembers the way back to the Twilight Walker's huts. Cuttin' straight across the swamp is dumbleggin' it, and I know someone has t'trade with them so there's bound to be a mule path that isn't flagged fer murder and locked with gators n'whatelse. Th'Walkers likely have Jango an'prayer else we don't know. Now we need to get to them without dyin', avoid anything that might make a whole tribe o'Lizards think that stealin' away the Watchmaster's son was an'interestin' diplomacy start, and figure out what they want so we can give it to them fer Jango.""Unless that's too much like ransom for some o'you bent more cuttin' and bleedin'. At which point I'll jus' remind you that Lizard claws are about yay long," he made the gesture with his hands, "an' theys born with 'em all the way up until they're a hight more'n taller than any o'us. An' they could be out there rit now too, bubblin' around in th'water watchin' us too, an' likely will certain by the time we get there. Lizards don't like sweets. Does anyone have any beads?" The lopsided grin returned to Nelson's face, and his whole body relaxed as he straightened up again.</blockquote>

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