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Post by Eldae on Jul 14, 2006 15:44:23 GMT -5
Anton shrugged. "For all I know my family could still be trying to find me... and they don't have the burden of a conscience. And there are... other things which might be drawn to me."
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Post by Kait on Jul 14, 2006 15:46:03 GMT -5
"Other things? What kinds of other things?" *Mariah narrowed her eyes slightly in suspicion...*
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Post by Eldae on Jul 14, 2006 15:48:12 GMT -5
Anton smiled wryly. "Don't tell me that you, a sailor, have never heard of those who sail forever?"
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Post by Kait on Jul 14, 2006 15:57:05 GMT -5
*Mariah blanched at that, unable to supress a shudder.* "Please tell me that you're joking... Those tales can't be true..."
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Post by Eldae on Jul 14, 2006 15:59:18 GMT -5
Anton raised an eyebrow. "You believe in people able to animate and control dead bodies, but you don't believe in tales of ships crewed by the dead?"
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Post by Kait on Jul 14, 2006 16:03:56 GMT -5
"You learn to ignore most of the sailors' yarns after a couple of months at sea... How do you know that the ship really exists?"
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Post by Eldae on Jul 14, 2006 16:06:57 GMT -5
"Do you really think that a necromancer growing up in a family of the same would be able to not learn which legends of the dead are true and which are fakes?"
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Post by Kait on Jul 14, 2006 16:18:53 GMT -5
"Fine. Point taken. But why would these dead sailors come after you? And how would they find you all the way out here?"
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Post by Eldae on Jul 14, 2006 16:24:29 GMT -5
"Power calls to power, Mariah. I've felt it before, in Halruaa... like some kind of inner compass pointing me towards something." He turned to look at her and grinned. "Most of the time, I used it as a way of knowing where not to go." His grin faded as he turned to look back towards the waves. "If they come after this boat, it won't be a coincidence."
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Post by Kait on Jul 14, 2006 16:32:22 GMT -5
*Mariah shuddered again, looking away from him. She didn't like the idea at all... in fact, it terrified her...* "Well, if they come after us, I doubt they'll just stop once you're gone."
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Post by Eldae on Jul 14, 2006 16:34:44 GMT -5
"Us? It'll be me they'll be after... and I figure that its worth a try, that they'll come after me and ignore the ship once I'm off it."
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Post by Kait on Jul 14, 2006 16:43:01 GMT -5
"You think that an undead crew that can do anything they want without worrying about the possibility of defeat is just going to allow a freshly stocked trade vessel to sail away from it unscathed?"
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Post by Eldae on Jul 14, 2006 16:45:03 GMT -5
Anton nodded grimly. "I do indeed think that... because I know something that most people don't know."
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Post by Kait on Jul 14, 2006 16:46:28 GMT -5
"I'm finding out that you know quite a bit that no one else knows... Care to fill me in on the latest bit of information?"
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Post by Eldae on Jul 14, 2006 16:51:32 GMT -5
Anton grinned wickedly. "When you grow up around the undead, you figure something out... just because something's dead doesn't mean it can't be killed again. Once you realize that, you realize that they count on their fear to do their work for them... and that their bodies have far worse reflexes and skill than they did when they were alive."
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