[pnpgm] Game Update #57 - File #508 - Confessions & Truths

[J Hooten]

Raban laughs heartedly, "Tiehul, I can easily earn hundreds of gold a 
year entertaining and that is just some of my talents. I would think I 
was worth more than a few horses... But you do have a point, we are 
worth quite a lot for a number of reasons. Enough so that they were 
willing to take high risks to capture us. If that is true then we do not 
want such to learn anything from this battle. I wonder if we could fake 
the loss of some guards to make it look like we were not so skilled. 
Perhaps bury some of them separately and leave the others in a single 
grave or something like that. Misinformation is always a good way to 
cover your actions." <Obviously a wasted comment as he later discovers>

<captive related>
Raban frowns, "Your mother died because your leader fears anything that 
would show he is not a god. But I must say that even magic may fail to 
save someone. Sometimes it is just someone's time to die, fate perhaps, 
or a gods will. That does not mean that someone should not have tried to 
cure her. I would have done so had I been there in time... As to 
ourselves, we are people like any other, no one is perfect. We may fight 
and argue but when it counts we will do what we must no matter the 
costs. That is what marks us different from many others. Not the magic, 
even though many of us can use it, but the willingness to risk 
everything to help someone, even someone we do not know. Sadly we are 
here to save the people of this country from an enemy they do not even 
know is here and not to save them from the one they already know but 
embrace. Nothing can be allowed to stop us as the cost of failure is too 
high. I can but hope that I will not need to kill more of your people 
for doing what they think is right, nor for greed or stupidity. Katai is 
not the enemy here but it is aiding it by its nature, as was the enemy's 
intent."

<stinky stuff>
Raban smiles at Tiehul, "Thank you for your foresight, anything that 
aids us here is important."

<Raban almost sounds smart at times. But intellect is not the sole 
criteria for wisdom.>