<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887">AN: Second verse, same as the first, please comment</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887">Trust II</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class="">I decided the best thing to do was to go to the market square first and then find the prostitutes. And that's what I did sort of. I went to the square but I didn't actually go into the square.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2896"> </span>Instead I stood in the shadow cast by a cobbler's shop. I watched the people coming and going occasionally, while keeping myself hidden. Because a scaled man in a skirt and clashing shirt will attract not attention.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2899"> </span>"I can't believe they even have a market here." I mumbled, "How can they? Gods, they've been cursed. Why aren't they doing something about it?" I slumped against the side-wall. "I'd have done something about it."</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2902"> </span>"Is that lizard man wearing a dress?" I cocked my head up. A giraffe and a very small girl walked past me.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2905"> </span>"Possibly." The giraffe said, "They've let some odd people into the Keep."</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2908"> </span>"Hey I'm the son of a Lord! I'm probably raising the value of this dirt by sitting on it!" was what I did not say. Instead I sat their in silence and hoped for the Earth to swallow me up. Soon though my anger emerged.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class="">"They think I'm weird?" I snarled at no one. "They live in their own shit and they want to call me weird?" Now I was beginning to yell at the walls. Nothing weird about that. I was in propinquity to insanity by now, yet I continued yelling.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2914"> </span>"I'm not weird, they are! Them and their city and their cursed valley and their...pants with tail holes!" Several faces peered almost coquettishly into the ally to watch the screeching elyas in a dress, as if they glanced something forbidden. </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2917"> </span>I ignored them; I had some stupid screaming to do. </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2920"> </span>"And I'm sick of the temperature, I'm sick of the food and I want to go home!" I cried, "I want-</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2923"> </span>"Hey, I want something to. I want you to stop yelling." The crowd was thrown open like curtains pulled open. I looked up.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2926"> </span>"What, what the hell do you want?" I was in a yarak state, focusing not on the hunt but on my anger. I was going to rage no matter what people tried to do.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2929"> </span>"I want you to shut up ya jerk." The speaker was a mottled gecko, blue scales with orange splotches all over her body. She had eyes colored like pea-soup with pupils that looked like knotted rope.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2932"> </span>She wore a blue tabard and cloak with a lantern on it. She carried a short sword and length of rope, both attached to her belt. "I don't wanna arrest another scalie so I'm given you a chance, be quiet."</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2935"> </span>"What do you mean arrest me?" She laughed.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2938"> </span>"I will have you know, I am a proud Warden of the Metamor Keep Watch and I will arrest you if you act like a jackass. Now shut up and move on." I stood up, rage ready to erupt from me and responded the only way that I could.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2941"> </span>"Yes Warden, please don't arrest me." I was many things and a coward was one of them. The Warden watched me as I rejoined the crowd. People parted to let me through.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2944"> </span>I turned around to see the Warden join another lizard in a similar uniform. Her partner? Probably. The other lizard was almost solid blue with just little specks of color. Her tail was so massive it dragged the ground. It came with a huge sailfin growing out of it.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2947"> </span>She's got a nice tail...bet it hides a nice ass... My grin disappeared as fast as it emerged. "She's an animal, what is wrong with me?" I turned away and moved on through the crowd.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2950"> </span>Anger and confusion coiled within me, fighting to get out. You need to head back to the market for food.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2953"> </span>"I'm not going back there with everyone looking at me. I don't want them...looking at me."</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2956"> </span>You're a changing lizard wearing a skirt, where else are they supposed to look? A sign caught my eye. I smiled.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2959"> </span>"This a mercer's shop." My eyes drifted from the mercer's displayed bolts of fabric and my atrocious skirt. "I need something better, something with some actual color. How can they stand to wear all of this brown?"</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2962"> </span>A mercer as you know sells textiles. Textiles were an issue in Metamor, I had yet to interact with someone well dressed. </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class="">Other than myself of course.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2966"> </span>A bell rung as I entered the mercer's shop. I was greeted by shelves and boxes filled to the point of bursting with fabric. All light came from candles mounted on the wall, a questionable choice when you sell flammable goods.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2969"> </span>This place is shit. The floor had a carpet of dust, I kicked up little clouds with every step. The fabric boxes were used as bollards, creating a path that lead me up to a filth encrusted counter. </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2972"> </span>"Hello" The counter was empty aside from a ledger also coated in dust and a hand bell. I picked it up and rung it. "Anyone here?"</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2975"> </span>"A customer?" There was a sole door behind the counter. This door was....big, tall and wide, as if meant for a giant. When it opened I could see why. "Welcome good sir to my shop!" My eyes went wide.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2978"> </span>From the back of the store emerged a lion man, one who absolutely towered over me. He had a redish mane that stuck out in every direction, golden eyes and a jolly smile. He wore an ill fitting verdant tunic with a waste belt. And no pants, of course no pants. But there was a reason why.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2981"> </span>"You got four legs!" I cried. The lion man looked at his legs and then nodded.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2984"> </span>"Yes, yes I do. I have a taur form, I assume you do not?" He cocked his head. "Wait...you're not done changing yet are you? Oh simply delightful!" He laughed and his massive body shook. "What are you becoming?"</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2987"> </span>"What makes you think I'm becoming anything?" I snapped.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2990"> </span>"I'm guessing lizard good sir. Wonderful, we could use more scalies." I rolled my eyes. "Well as a morph like me, you have the potential sir! The potential to gain for yourself a second set of legs."</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2993"> </span>"If I leave now, can I not grow more legs?" I asked. He chuckled again. Stop laughing at things that aren't funny you goddamn freak.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2996"> </span>"You may not gain a taur form, or you may. It's not my place to decide, it's the joy of the curse." He laughed yet again, causing his massive body to jiggle all around. "We can gain a second set of legs, we also gain another...form." For just a second the lion's face froze but the joy lept back again. "So how can I help you?"</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2999"> </span>"You can choose to have four legs?" I asked. "Why then? Why are you a taur? Why would anyone want that?" </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class="">The liontaur shrugged.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_3002"> </span>"I'm kind of...form locked." He said. "It's actually a fascinating story; I would love to share with you."</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_3005"> </span>"Yeah no interest."</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_3008"> </span>"It happened about a year after I was first cursed," The lion's eyes drifted away from me, "Shortly after the Battle of-</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_3011"> </span>"Shut it!" I snapped. "I do not care! The only thing I'm curious about at this point is how you go to the bathroom."</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_3014"> </span>"Well if you'd like to know-</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_3017"> </span>"Not that curious." I said. "Question, why is it every fabric you're selling here is so...drab? It's all gray, which I thought was the dust at first. Why is it so dusty?"</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_3020"> </span>"I don't get many customers." He said, "I don't need them though, I have money from other sources." I frowned.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_3023"> </span>"If you have money, why are you running a store?"</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_3026"> </span>"I like to interact with people. It makes me happy." Of course, that reason. I shook my head. "As for the lack of color, I used to be partnered with a dyer but he...well died."</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_3029"> </span>"And...you decided to just embrace gray?" Smooth, jackass. The lion's smile wobbled for a second.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_3032"> </span>"I've not had time to find a new dyer and there are others who sell fabrics besides me. They even make money, as I said this is just for fun."</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_3035"> </span>"And let me guess," I said, "You sell your stuff at discount also?" The lion-taur shrugged.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_3038"> </span>"I could. We've been talking now for a while, you do realize you've not asked my name once right?"</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_3041"> </span>"Why would I need to know your name? All I need to know is what you're selling and how much can I get from it." The liontaur scratched the side of his head as he observed me.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_3044"> </span>"I'm going to pretend I didn't hear that. My name Jez, full name-</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_3047"> </span>"How much is this?" I asked, pulling out a bolt of hideously ugly fabric. "I mean, I don't want to buy it but I want to know what you're thinking." The liontaur laughed.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_3050"> </span>"You have such a frank way of expressing yourself, has anyone ever complimented you on that? Even if your language is foul good sir, you say what you mean. One can't help but respect it." I winced.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_3053"> </span>"Shut up! What's wrong with you?" I stuck the fabric bolt back into the bulging crate, though it didn't fit all the way. I took a second to really jam it in, which caused an even ugly mustard yellow bolt to pop up.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_3056"> </span>"If you want that one, you can give me whatever you think is fair." Jez said, "The money isn't that important. I bought all this fabric on discount from other merchants." I frowned.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_3059"> </span>"How exactly does that work?"</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_3062"> </span>"It didn't get sold before so merchants got desperate. I took it from them," Jez said, "They needed the money anyway." He sat down on his hind legs and in doing so his stance reminded me of a pillar. "So do you have your eye on anything?"</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_3065"> </span>"Just...you are a terrible merchant." This finally got that smile to drop. "Isenport, where I'm from, it's a real city. We sell shit there and no merchant would act like this."</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_3068"> </span>"How would they act?" I turned back to the box and began sorting through the mess. Finally I found the least horrible selection and pulled it out.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_3071"> </span>"How much is this?" Jez shrugged. "No! No no no, you set a price, you set a high price and you stick with it!"</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_3074"> </span>"But I might lose customers or bother people." </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_3077"> </span>"You take that risk! You need to sell shit or you can't be a good merchant."</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_3080"> </span>"I don't want to be a good merchant!" Jez cried, "I just wannt to meet people and make people happy." I rolled my eyes.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_3083"> </span>"Fine, well if you're going to be like this, I guess I will buy something. Do you have-</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_3086"> </span>"I'm not selling to you." Jez smiled. I froze.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_3089"> </span>"Excuse me?"</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_3092"> </span>"You're a mean person. I'll sell you stuff when you're nicer but I don't want to." He laughed, "I'm terribly sorry sir."</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_3095"> </span>"You think I'm mean?" I asked, "Who gives a crap, I have money!"</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_3098"> </span>"I told you, I have no interest in money. Never have." I screamed. "Please refrain from doing that again, thank you."</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_3101"> </span>"Fucking idiot! Fine, can you at least tell me something?"</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_3104"> </span>"I can try. Please avoid profanity in my store." I grit my teeth and my tail stuck out in frustration.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_3107"> </span>"Just tell me, I'm looking for a place. How do I find the Jolly Collie Inn?" Jez gave me a bemused smile.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_3110"> </span>"I'm...intrigued now. Why do you want to go there? Do you know the state of the Inn right now?"</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_3113"> </span>"I do not care. I want to go see the hookers." </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_3116"> </span>"The what?"</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_3119"> </span>"The whores!" I said. "I know there is a brothel in this damn place and I want to find it." And again the liontaur laughed. He laughed until he almost fell over, his tunic straining to hold his jiggling mass. "What?"</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_3122"> </span>"I know the...owner of the Jolly Collie, or rather I met him once. I do so hope you tell him all you have told me." </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_3125"> </span>"Why?" My tail lowered in confusion.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" dir="ltr" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_2887" dir="ltr" class=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436998267028_3128"> </span>"Oh no reason. Yes I can give you directions."</div></div></body></html>