OFT I MUST STRIVE WITH WIND AND WAVE, BATTLE THEM BOTH WHEN UNDER THE SEA I FEEL OUT THE BOTTOM, A FOREIGN LAND. IN LYING STILL I AM STRONG IN THE STRIFE; IF I FAIL IN THAT THEY ARE STRONGER THAN I, AND WRENCHING ME LOOSE, SOON PUT ME TO ROUT. THEY WISH TO CAPTURE WHAT I MUST KEEP. I CAN MASTER THEM BOTH IF MY GRIP HOLDS OUT, IF THE ROCKS BRING SUCCOR AND LEND SUPPORT, STRENGTH IN THE STRUGGLE. ASK ME MY NAME!
DEMON?! YOU SHOULD BE SO LUCKY. IF I WERE A DEMON, I WOULDN'T BE HERE. YOU'D BE ABLE TO USE THE LATRINE IN PEACE, BUT NO. I'M JUST A SKULL IN A JAR THAT SOMEONE HAS PLAYED A RATHER NASTY TRICK ON. DEMON. REALLY, NOW.
is it in person or via crystal? you choose!
I FEEL OUT THE BOTTOM, A FOREIGN LAND. IN LYING STILL I AM STRONG IN THE STRIFE;
IF I FAIL IN THAT THEY ARE STRONGER THAN I, AND WRENCHING ME LOOSE, SOON PUT ME TO ROUT.
THEY WISH TO CAPTURE WHAT I MUST KEEP. I CAN MASTER THEM BOTH IF MY GRIP HOLDS OUT,
IF THE ROCKS BRING SUCCOR AND LEND SUPPORT, STRENGTH IN THE STRUGGLE.
ASK ME MY NAME!
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I...
[What does one say when one opens the door to the privy and finds this at their feet.]
...I, uh. I'm. [Why this? What this? Who this, come to think of it?] What?
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BUT THAT'S NOT THE ANSWER TO MY RIDDLE.
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[The response is immediate and thoughtless. How dare you compare him to a seneschal. Particularly that one.]
My mother taught me not to answer demon's riddles.
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[Lecturing you with a pointed finger, like you're a child.]
There are other latrines in Riftwatch, and I don't have to listen to this. [shutting the door on this, now.] Bye, demon!
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