{1}{[The creature before you is covered in scales, with a large mouth full of sharp teeth, and eyes of the coldest silver  Various tattoos cover much of its body.]  Warm-blood betrayer.  Offspring murderer.  What brings you here?  What death do you bring?  What lies will you tell?  Kan Kerai stands before you.  My power is greater than yours...}{[The creature before you is covered in scales, with a large mouth full of sharp teeth, and eyes of the coldest silver  Various tattoos cover much of its body.]  Warm-blood betrayer.  Offspring murderer.  What brings you here?  What death do you bring?  What lies will you tell?  Kan Kerai stands before you.  My power is greater than yours...}{}{}{}{ru2130}
{2}{I'm sorry?  Have we met before?  I've never seen your kind...}{}{5}{}{9}{}
{3}{I'm not sure who or what you are, but I don't like your tone...}{}{5}{}{82}{re -5, lc1 1}
{4}{I no bee tree error, I @PCNAME@.}{}{-4}{}{100}{}
{5}{No, my death power greater!}{}{-4}{}{}{co, fl 80}
{9}{I know you, betrayer.  I know ALL your faces, warm-blood.  All the same.  All liars and murderers.  All bringers of death...}{I know you, betrayer.  I know ALL your faces, warm-blood.  All the same.  All liars and murderers.  All bringers of death...}{}{}{}{}
{10}{Listen...perhaps you should tell me what's going on here...}{}{5}{}{20}{}
{11}{What do you mean, you know ALL of our faces...?}{}{5}{}{26}{}
{12}{You don't know who I am.  It's presumptuous of you to say so...}{}{5}{}{90}{re -5, lc1 2}
{13}{You're merely a savage.  I will deal with you accordingly...}{}{5}{}{}{co, fl 80}
{14}{I tire of this already.  I'm leaving...}{}{5}{}{0}{lf4 1, lc2 1, re -3}
{20}{You know, warm-blood.  Pits lined with teeth of metal, nets to catch the women, your weapons of flash and pain.  You hunt well the children and the old, but Kan Kerai is no such easy target.  Face ME, warm-blood...}{You know, warm-blood.  Pits lined with teeth of metal, nets to catch the women, your weapons of flash and pain.  You hunt well the children and the old, but Kan Kerai is no such easy target.  Face ME, warm-blood...}{}{}{}{}
{21}{Pits with teeth...nets...are your people being hunted?}{}{5}{}{44}{}
{22}{What does all of this have to do with the elf being held here?}{}{5}{}{49}{}
{23}{I realize you're upset, but you need not be so hostile...}{}{5}{}{90}{re -5, lc1 3}
{24}{E:}{}{5}{}{0}{lf4 1, lc2 2, re -3}
{26}{Your two faces.  Your words.  Your lies.  The Bedokaan have lived here in the Dark Fens since the moon was young and the waters sang us songs.  We are old.  We speak not your language.  You know not our ways, the cold-blood ways...}{Your two faces.  Your words.  Your lies.  The Bedokaan have lived here in the Dark Fens since the moon was young and the waters sang us songs.  We are old.  We speak not your language.  You know not our ways, the cold-blood ways...}{}{}{}{}
{27}{Yes, but not all  "warm-bloods" are the same...}{}{5}{}{60}{}
{28}{What are the "cold-blood ways"?  What are you talking about?}{}{5}{}{32}{}
{29}{You're words are empty.  I've no choice but to dispose of you.}{}{5}{}{}{co, fl 80}
{30}{E:}{}{5}{}{0}{lf4 1, lc2 3, re -3}
{32}{You would not understand the cold-blood ways.  To dream the old dream, the cold visions, to live by the code of the snake-fathers.  The hunt, the reptilian furies, the cool waters and the sun-baked mud banks that we call home...}{You would not understand the cold-blood ways.  To dream the old dream, the cold visions, to live by the code of the snake-fathers.  The hunt, the reptilian furies, the cool waters and the sun-baked mud banks that we call home...}{}{}{}{}
{33}{Your ways are strange, but I'd like to learn them...}{}{5}{}{38}{}
{34}{Let's focus on what's important....the elf prisoner...}{}{5}{}{49}{re -5}
{35}{You're right, I don't understand them.  I don't plan on doing so...}{}{5}{}{82}{re -5, lc1 5}
{36}{E:}{}{5}{}{0}{lf4 1, lc2 4, re -3}
{38}{What use would you have with our ways?  Would you know us better to find our weaknesses?  To destroy us as your kind have destroyed our homes and our lands?  That is the only way you know, warm-blood, and Kan Kerai will stand for it no longer...}{What use would you have with our ways?  Would you know us better to find our weaknesses?  To destroy us as your kind have destroyed our homes and our lands?  That is the only way you know, warm-blood, and Kan Kerai will stand for it no longer...}{}{}{}{}
{39}{Have I done anything to you?  All warm-bloods are not the same...}{}{5}{}{60}{}
{40}{It's obvious to me that you've no wish to speak reasonably...}{}{5}{}{90}{re -5, lc1 6}
{41}{I certainly hope that's not a threat...}{}{5}{}{82}{re -5, lc1 7}
{42}{E:}{}{5}{}{0}{lf4 1, lc2 5, re -3}
{44}{Hunted?  Yes, our women and offspring.  The old ones.  Now Kan Kerai will hunt.  I have already captured the pale, sharp-eared warm-blood.  Bound him with my power.  You will be next. And then Kan Kerai will go to the warm-blood tree village, and burn it to the ground...}{Hunted?  Yes, our women and offspring.  The old ones.  Now Kan Kerai will hunt.  I have already captured the pale, sharp-eared warm-blood.  Bound him with my power.  You will be next. And then Kan Kerai will go to the warm-blood tree village, and burn it to the ground...}{}{}{}{}
{45}{You think the elf was hunting your people?}{}{5}{}{49}{}
{46}{Never threaten me, lizard.  I'll put up with no such words...}{}{5}{}{90}{re -5, lc1 8}
{47}{E:}{}{5}{}{0}{lf4 1, lc2 6}
{49}{You mean sharp-ear?  Pale warm-blood?  We captured him, sneaking into our swamps, planning more death with his weapons and his strange ways.  But Kan Kerai fell upon him, and my ways were greater than his, and I brought him back here, tied like the fruit of the hunt...}{You mean sharp-ear?  Pale warm-blood?  We captured him, sneaking into our swamps, planning more death with his weapons and his strange ways.  But Kan Kerai fell upon him, and my ways were greater than his, and I brought him back here, tied like the fruit of the hunt...}{}{}{}{}
{50}{These sharp-ear...did he attack you?}{}{5}{}{55}{}
{51}{Have you ever had ANY problems with pale warm-bloods before?}{}{5}{}{67}{}
{52}{You'll pay dearly for treating this elf so, reptile...}{}{5}{}{82}{re -5, lc1 9}
{53}{E:}{}{5}{}{0}{lf4 1, lc2 7, re -3}
{55}{No...but they come to the Dark Fens with weapons and powerful words.  Why have they come here?  They have their trees and their forests...why do they come to our swamps?  Always it has been this way with the warm-bloods.  Always wanting more.  Always bringing ruin...}{No...but they come to the Dark Fens with weapons and powerful words.  Why have they come here?  They have their trees and their forests...why do they come to our swamps?  Always it has been this way with the warm-bloods.  Always wanting more.  Always bringing ruin...}{}{}{}{}
{56}{The elves?  They have brought ruin?}{}{5}{}{67}{}
{57}{You're vision is narrow, lizard.  I recommend you open your eyes...}{}{5}{}{90}{re -5, lc1 10}
{58}{E:}{}{5}{}{0}{lf4 1, lc2 8, re -3}
{60}{No?  All warm-bloods fear the Bedokaan.  All warm-bloods know not our ways, the cold-blood ways.  All warm-bloods kill the Bedokaan and taint our swamps and darken our waters.  You all hate, and destroy without reason...}{No?  All warm-bloods fear the Bedokaan.  All warm-bloods know not our ways, the cold-blood ways.  All warm-bloods kill the Bedokaan and taint our swamps and darken our waters.  You all hate, and destroy without reason...}{}{}{}{}
{61}{Have I done so?  Have I killed your people? }{}{5}{}{72}{re +5}
{62}{Have the elves...uh, sharp-ears...killed your people before?}{}{5}{}{67}{}
{63}{You spoke of the "cold-blood ways".  What did you mean?}{}{5}{}{32}{}
{64}{And I will continue in that tradition, reptile.  Starting with you...}{}{5}{}{}{co, fl 80}
{65}{E:}{}{5}{}{0}{lf4 1, lc2 9, re -3}
{67}{[He stops for a moment, considering.]  No, sharp-ears have not killed Bedokaan before, nor have they ruined the land.  But we are not easy prey, warm-blood.  A hunter in different skin is still a hunter.  And Kan Kerai goes not quietly, he...}{[He stops for a moment, considering.]  No, sharp-ears have not killed Bedokaan before, nor have they ruined the land.  But we are not easy prey, warm-blood.  A hunter in different skin is still a hunter.  And Kan Kerai goes not quietly, he...}{}{}{}{}
{68}{Hold a moment.  Neither the elves nor I have done you harm...}{}{5}{}{76}{}
{69}{I've had enough of your incoherent ravings.  Prepare for death...}{}{5}{}{}{co, fl 80}
{72}{No, you have not killed Bedokaan before.  But you are warm-blood, you...}{No, you have not killed Bedokaan before.  But you are warm-blood, you...}{}{}{}{}
{73}{Wait, please.  And the elves?  Have they killed Bedokaan before?}{}{5}{}{67}{}
{76}{[He is silent.]  Yes.  The words you speak are true, warm-blood.  But...[His hand moves to his sword.]...that does not mean that you will not.}{[He is silent.]  Yes.  The words you speak are true, warm-blood.  But...[His hand moves to his sword.]...that does not mean that you will not.}{}{}{}{}
{77}{Agreed.  I am called @PCNAME@.}{}{5}{}{100}{re +10}
{78}{You're right.  I recommend you remember that and do as I say...}{}{5}{}{}{co, fl 80}
{80}{I know you're ways, warm-blood.  All you understand is death...}{I know you're ways, warm-blood.  All you understand is death...}{}{}{}{}
{82}{Your words are dark stranger, like your warm-blood heart.  Do you wish to test my patience...?}{Your words are dark stranger, like your warm-blood heart.  Do you wish to test my patience...?}{}{}{}{}
{83}{No.  But I don't understand why you're angry with me...}{}{5}{lc1 1}{9}{}
{84}{I don't want to fight.  Let's talk about the elf prisoner...}{}{5}{lc1 5}{49}{}
{85}{No!  But what have I done to you?  We are not all the same!}{}{5}{lc1 7}{60}{}
{86}{We don't need to resort to that.  Did the elf attack you?}{}{5}{lc1 9}{55}{}
{87}{Enough of this.  You deserve to die, lizard...}{}{5}{}{}{co, fl 80}
{90}{Kan Kerai senses your anger.  Perhaps you wish to set yourself against me, warm-blood?}{Kan Kerai senses your anger.  Perhaps you wish to set yourself against me, warm-blood?}{}{}{}{}
{91}{Of course not.  Maybe you should tell me what's going on here...}{}{5}{lc1 2}{20}{}
{92}{We need not do that.  You said your people were being hunted...?}{}{5}{lc1 3}{44}{}
{93}{No!  But what have I done to you?  We are not all the same!}{}{5}{lc1 6}{60}{}
{94}{Please, let's be civil!  So the elves were hunting the Bedokaan?}{}{5}{lc1 8}{49}{}
{95}{How have the elves brought ruin to the Bedokaan?}{}{5}{lc1 10}{67}{}
{96}{I'm putting an end to your drivel, monster...}{}{5}{}{}{co, fl 80}
{100}{[He inclines his head, stiffly.]  And I am Kan Kerai, chieftain of the Bedokaan.  What brings you to our village, warm-blood?  Have you come in defense of this...e-elf?}{[He inclines his head, stiffly.]  And I am Kan Kerai, chieftain of the Bedokaan.  What brings you to our village, warm-blood?  Have you come in defense of this...e-elf?}{}{}{}{}
{101}{Yes.  I believe you are imprisoning him wrongly...}{}{5}{}{107}{re -10}
{102}{Perhaps.  I need to know what has happened here...}{}{5}{}{111}{re +5}
{103}{Let's speak of this later...}{}{5}{}{}{lf5 1, lc3 1, fl 105}
{104}{Urgh?}{}{-4}{}{111}{}
{105}{Yes...I believe we have much to talk about.}{Yes...I believe we have much to talk about.}{}{}{}{}
{107}{What know you of their ways?  You assume that elves are innocent and Bedokaan are evil.  I know this...all warm-bloods think like you.  They fear the cold-blood ways, they see us as beasts, devoid of love or reason...}{What know you of their ways?  You assume that elves are innocent and Bedokaan are evil.  I know this...all warm-bloods think like you.  They fear the cold-blood ways, they see us as beasts, devoid of love or reason...}{}{}{}{}
{108}{Please forgive me.  I meant no offense.  What has happened here?}{}{5}{}{111}{re +5}
{109}{I tire of this.  There will be war between us...}{}{5}{}{}{co, fl 80}
{111}{You would hear our story?  Very well.  As I've said, the Bedokaan have lived in the Dark Fens for as long as the seasons have turned, and for all that time we have kept to ourselves.  We knew of the elves, but they harmed us not, and we accepted their natural place...}{You would hear our story?  Very well.  As I've said, the Bedokaan have lived in the Dark Fens for as long as the seasons have turned, and for all that time we have kept to ourselves.  We knew of the elves, but they harmed us not, and we accepted their natural place...}{}{}{}{}
{112}{But something happened?  You said your people were hunted?}{}{5}{}{114}{}
{113}{But now different?}{}{-4}{}{114}{}
{114}{Yes.  Four winters ago, warm-bloods came to our swamps, and set out things of death, and shot us with their weapons, and collected the bodies of dead...}{Yes.  Four winters ago, warm-bloods came to our swamps, and set out things of death, and shot us with their weapons, and collected the bodies of dead...}{}{}{}{}
{115}{Who were these warm-bloods?  You said they were not elves...}{}{5}{ra 1}{118}{}
{116}{Who were these warm-bloods?  You said they were not elves...}{}{5}{ra -1}{123}{}
{117}{Oh..}{}{-4}{}{128}{}
{118}{No, not elves.  [He looks at you, then smells the air in front of you.]  I know it was not you, @PCNAME@, but they were of your kind.  And there were many of them, and they rode on strange creatures made of wood...}{No, not elves.  [He looks at you, then smells the air in front of you.]  I know it was not you, @PCNAME@, but they were of your kind.  And there were many of them, and they rode on strange creatures made of wood...}{}{}{}{}
{119}{I see.  Men in wagons.  Where did they come from?}{}{5}{}{133}{}
{120}{What did you say these men did with the bodies of your people?}{}{5}{}{128}{}
{121}{Let us speak of this later...}{}{5}{}{}{lf5 1, lc3 2, fl 105}
{123}{They were like elves, but a little darker and not as tall.  They had no words of power, but they had strange weapons, and they rode strange beasts made of wood...}{They were like elves, but a little darker and not as tall.  They had no words of power, but they had strange weapons, and they rode strange beasts made of wood...}{}{}{}{}
{124}{I see.  Men in wagons.  Where did they come from?}{}{5}{}{133}{}
{125}{What did you say these men did with the bodies of your people?}{}{5}{}{128}{}
{126}{Let us speak of this later...}{}{5}{}{}{lf5 1, lc3 3, fl 105}
{128}{[Kan Kerai is silent for a moment.  You can see the anger seething in his silver eyes.]  They skinned them, @PCNAME@.  They skinned our elders and our children and our women, and then threw their remains into the swamp.  No rites of passage, no guide to the snake-fathers...}{[Kan Kerai is silent for a moment.  You can see the anger seething in his silver eyes.]  They skinned them, @PCNAME@.  They skinned our elders and our children and our women, and then threw their remains into the swamp.  No rites of passage, no guide to the snake-fathers...}{}{}{}{ru 2131}
{129}{Dear god.  Poachers.  I'm so very sorry, Kan Kerai...}{}{5}{}{155}{re +10}
{130}{Yes.  I've heard that Bedokaan hides make excellent luggage...}{}{5}{}{137}{re -10}
{131}{But this elf!  He wasn't responsible...}{}{5}{}{141}{}
{132}{But skinny warm blood not me and not elf.}{}{-4}{}{145}{}
{133}{From the south.  They came from the south, over the mountains and into the Dark Fens.  And the land cries out wherever they touch it.  They know not the way of the land, or the cold-blood ways.  Nor do they care...}{From the south.  They came from the south, over the mountains and into the Dark Fens.  And the land cries out wherever they touch it.  They know not the way of the land, or the cold-blood ways.  Nor do they care...}{}{}{}{}
{134}{What did you say these men did with the bodies of your people?}{}{5}{}{128}{}
{135}{Let us speak of this later...}{}{5}{}{}{lf5 1, lc3 4, fl 105}
{137}{What?  Your words spit upon the memory of my people, the sacred reptilian dream.  You ARE all the same, warm-blood!  I will destroy you along with this elf!}{What?  Your words spit upon the memory of my people, the sacred reptilian dream.  You ARE all the same, warm-blood!  I will destroy you along with this elf!}{}{}{}{}
{138}{No!  I was merely making an observation!  Wait!}{}{5}{}{141}{}
{139}{As if you'd have the courage to face me, lizard...}{}{5}{}{}{co, fl 80}
{141}{No!  I will hear no more!  I will wage war on all warm-bloods!  First these evil "men", and then on the elves!  Kan Kerai will avenge his people...!}{No!  I will hear no more!  I will wage war on all warm-bloods!  First these evil "men", and then on the elves!  Kan Kerai will avenge his people...!}{}{}{}{}
{142}{Wait!  That is not necessary!  Only these poachers are evil!}{}{5}{}{145}{}
{143}{You'll get no further than me, Kerai...}{}{5}{}{}{co, fl 80}
{145}{Your words are hollow, warm-blood.  You wish to prove your innocence?  The innocence of this elf?  Then you must kill these evil men.  You must kill them and return to me.  Only then will the elf go free...}{Your words are hollow, warm-blood.  You wish to prove your innocence?  The innocence of these elves?  Then you must kill these evil men.  You must kill them and return to me.  Only then will these elves go free...}{}{}{}{qu1080 1}
{146}{Fine.  I'll do so.}{}{5}{}{152}{lf1 1, qu1080 2, gf2159 1}
{147}{Forget it.  I'll not murder my own kind, no matter how evil...}{}{5}{ra 1}{}{lf1 1, fl 150}
{148}{I'll not become a murderer for anyone...}{}{5}{ra -1}{}{lf1 1, fl 150}
{149}{E:}{}{-4}{}{0}{lf1 1,gf2159 1}
{150}{Fine.  Then leave here.  I will make war, and the warm-blood will flow in rivers...}{Fine.  Then leave here.  I will make war, and the warm-blood will flow in rivers...}{}{}{}{}
{152}{You will?  [The Bedokaan seems surprised.]  Good.  Here is where the men were last seen. [He points to a place on your map, not far from where you are.]  Kill all of the men, and return to me...}{You will?  [The Bedokaan seems surprised.]  Good.  Here is where the men were last seen. [He points to a place on your map, not far from where you are.]  Kill all of the men, and return to me...}{}{}{}{mm 35}
{153}{E:}{}{5}{}{0}{}
{155}{I believe your words, @PCNAME@.  Perhaps YOU are different, perhaps YOU might be able to see the cold visions.  I will regret having to make war on all the warm-bloods if there is even one like you among them.  But I will do so nonetheless...}{I believe your words, @PCNAME@.  Perhaps YOU are different, perhaps YOU might be able to see the cold visions.  I will regret having to make war on all the warm-bloods if there is even one like you among them.  But I will do so nonetheless...}{}{}{}{}
{156}{Make war? But it is only these men...!}{}{5}{}{160}{}
{157}{I wouldn't recommend that, Kan Kerai.  You would lose...}{}{5}{}{166}{}
{160}{Yes, but there is a price in warm-blood that must be paid.  Men will die, and then all of their offspring until there are none left.  Only this will quiet the fury of the snake-fathers.  Elves are warm-blood.  They will die as well...}{Yes, but there is a price in warm-blood that must be paid.  Men will die, and then all of their offspring until there are none left.  Only this will quiet the fury of the snake-fathers.  Elves are warm-blood.  They will die as well...}{}{}{}{}
{161}{Please!  You must allow me to convince you otherwise...}{}{5}{ps 12}{182}{}
{162}{Please!  You must allow me to convince you otherwise...}{}{5}{ps -11}{173}{}
{163}{Are you threatening me as well, Kan Kerai?  I wouldn't do that...}{}{5}{}{166}{re -5}
{164}{I suppose you must follow your own path.  I leave you to it...}{}{5}{}{}{lf1 1, fl 150}
{166}{[He takes a half-step closer, his hand wavering above his sword.]  I suppose it will come to that in time, @PCNAME@.  Is it better that we face each other now?  I will fight you here, in honor, according to the cold-blood ways...}{[He takes a half-step closer, his hand wavering above his sword.]  I suppose it will come to that in time, @PCNAME@.  Is it better that we face each other now?  I will fight you here, in honor, according to the cold-blood ways...}{}{}{}{}
{167}{No!  You must allow me to convince you that war is foolish!}{}{5}{ps 12}{182}{}
{168}{No!  You must allow me to convince you that war is foolish!}{}{5}{ps -11}{173}{}
{169}{Yes.  Now is as good a time as any.  Good bye, Kan Kerai...}{}{5}{}{}{co, fl 171}
{171}{Very well.  You have a cold-blood heart, @PCNAME@.  I wish you luck when you meet the snake-fathers....}{Very well.  You have a cold-blood heart, @PCNAME@.  I wish you luck when you meet the snake-fathers....}{}{}{}{}
{173}{No.  There are no words to turn me from my course.  War I must make upon the warm-bloods.  Unless...[He hesitates.]}{No.  There are no words to turn me from my course.  War I must make upon the warm-bloods.  Unless...[He hesitates.]}{}{}{}{}
{174}{What?  What else can be done?}{}{5}{}{176}{}
{175}{I see.  Then I leave you to your fate...}{}{5}{}{}{lf1 1, fl 150}
{176}{You can pay the price demanded by the snake-fathers, @PCNAME@.  If a warm-blood was to kill those responsible, then I would not have to wage war against them all.  The cold-blood ways allow this retribution.  If you kill these poachers, I will free the elf and turn from the ways of war.  Will you do this?}{You can pay the price demanded by the snake-fathers, @PCNAME@.  If a warm-blood was to kill those responsible, then I would not have to wage war against them all.  The cold-blood ways allow this retribution.  If you kill these poachers, I will free the elf and turn from the ways of war.  Will you do this?}{}{}{}{}
{177}{I've already done so...}{}{5}{gf2150 1}{319}{}
{178}{Yes,  I will do so...}{}{5}{gf2150 0}{152}{lf1 1, qu1080 2, gf2159 1}
{179}{Forget it.  I'll not murder my own kind, no matter how evil...}{}{5}{ra 1, gf2150 0}{}{lf1 1, fl 150}
{180}{I'll not become a murderer for anyone...}{}{5}{ra -1, gf2150 0}{}{lf1 1, fl 150}
{181}{E:}{}{1}{}{0}{}
{182}{How, @PCNAME@?  I respect your words, and I see the truth in them, but how can you deny the evil of what has been done to me and my people?  Do you disagree that a price must be paid?}{How, @PCNAME@?  I respect your words, and I see the truth in them, but how can you deny the evil of what has been done to me and my people?  Do you disagree that a price must be paid?}{}{}{}{}
{183}{No, but not all must pay the price.  Let us talk about the elves...}{}{5}{}{188}{lc1 0}
{184}{No, but if you wage war on the warm-bloods, you will die...}{}{5}{}{259}{}
{185}{No, perhaps you're right.  But what else can be done?}{}{5}{}{176}{}
{186}{If it's war you want, then we'll start right now...}{}{5}{}{}{co, fl 171}
{187}{E:}{}{5}{}{0}{}
{188}{Yes, let us speak of this.  The snake and the lizard are both of the snake-fathers, both live in the reptilian dream.  Men and elves are also the same, of the warm-blood, and therefore live by the same code...}{Yes, let us speak of this.  The snake and the lizard are both of the snake-fathers, both live in the reptilian dream.  Men and elves are also the same, of the warm-blood, and therefore live by the same code...}{}{}{}{}
{189}{Only a cold-blood would think that way...you must listen...}{}{5}{}{265}{}
{190}{The elves have their own code, different from that of men...}{}{5}{}{194}{                  }
{191}{You assume that the cold-blood code is a good one...}{}{5}{}{307}{}
{192}{E:}{}{5}{}{0}{}
{194}{What do you mean?  Are they not smooth-skinned like men, hunt with weapons and wear clothes and speak fancy words?  They seem to me the very same...}{What do you mean?  Are they not smooth-skinned like men, hunt with weapons and wear clothes and speak fancy words?  They seem to me the very same...}{}{}{}{}
{195}{Elves live in trees, men live in buildings of wood and stone...}{}{5}{}{271}{}
{196}{Well, their ears are different, for one...}{}{5}{}{271}{}
{197}{No...you said the elves have words of power...most men do not...}{}{5}{}{200}{}
{198}{E:}{}{5}{}{0}{}
{200}{Yes...[You see that Kan Kerai is a little confused.]  We also have these words, @PCNAME@.  These powers are old powers, tied to the waters and the land.  I see that the elves have these powers, and yet they are warm-blood...?}{Yes...[You see that Kan Kerai is a little confused.]  We also have these words, @PCNAME@.  These powers are old powers, tied to the waters and the land.  I see that the elves have these powers, and yet they are warm-blood...?}{}{}{}{}
{201}{Yes.  The cold-blood way is not the only way...}{}{5}{}{277}{}
{202}{That is because they, too, are tied to the land...}{}{5}{}{206}{}
{203}{Perhaps you were too quick to condemn the warm-blood way...}{}{5}{}{277}{}
{204}{E:}{}{5}{}{0}{}
{206}{I see. [Kan Kerai inclines his head to you.]  There is power in YOUR words as well, @PCNAME@.  Perhaps you are correct about these elves.  But what of men?  Why shouldn't Kan Kerai war against them...?}{I see. [Kan Kerai inclines his head to you.]  There is power in YOUR words as well, @PCNAME@.  Perhaps you are correct about these elves.  But what of men?  Why shouldn't Kan Kerai war against them...?}{}{}{}{}
{207}{Hmmm.  Tell me of the cold-blood, what it is like...}{}{5}{}{212}{}
{208}{Is there not a place for mercy in the reptilian dream...?}{}{5}{}{282}{}
{209}{Perhaps you could be more forgiving of men. They are not wise...}{}{5}{}{282}{}
{210}{E:}{}{5}{}{0}{}
{212}{We beat of one heart, @PCNAME@.  We share the same knowledge, the same desires.  To look into my eyes is to look into the very eyes of the snake-fathers.  Do you understand?  We are many, but we are one.}{We beat of one heart, @PCNAME@.  We share the same knowledge, the same desires.  To look into my eyes is to look into the very eyes of the snake-fathers.  Do you understand?  We are many, but we are one.}{}{}{}{}
{213}{Perhaps that makes it difficult for YOU to understand us...}{}{5}{}{287}{}
{214}{Kan Kerai must learn new wisdom, OUR wisdom...}{}{5}{}{287}{}
{215}{Men are different, with different hearts.  Sadly, some are dark...}{}{5}{}{218}{}
{216}{E:}{}{5}{}{0}{}
{218}{Ah.  You say the warm-blood heart is alone, and beats alone.  I can see why elves might be good, but men evil.  But how are some MEN good and others evil?  Is the blood that flows in your veins not the same blood?   Do you not dream the same dream?}{Ah.  You say the warm-blood heart is alone, and beats alone.  I can see why elves might be good, but men evil.  But how are some MEN good and others evil?  Is the blood that flows in your veins not the same blood?   Do you not dream the same dream?}{}{}{}{}
{219}{That is an important difference...men's hearts MAKE their dreams...}{}{5}{}{224}{}
{224}{[Kan Kerai ponders this for a moment.]  Interesting, @PCNAME@.  So these...poachers...as you call them, they dream an evil dream.  And so they kill our people.  But how am I to know that most men are not like them, that you are ALONE in your dream?}{[Kan Kerai ponders this for a moment.]  Interesting, @PCNAME@.  So these...poachers...as you call them, they dream an evil dream.  And so they kill our people.  But how am I to know that most men are not like them, that you are ALONE in your dream?}{}{}{}{}
{225}{You'll have to take my word for it...}{}{5}{}{292}{}
{226}{If that were so, would they let one like me survive?}{}{5}{}{230}{}
{227}{E:}{}{5}{}{0}{}
{230}{No...nature is a harsh teacher.  Even among the Bedokaan, if there is one who does not hear the snake-fathers, or see the cold visions, then he is cast out or destroyed.  I would think that it is the same among warm-bloods...}{No...nature is a harsh teacher.  Even among the Bedokaan, if there is one who does not hear the snake-fathers, or see the cold visions, then he is cast out or destroyed.  I would think that it is the same among warm-bloods...}{}{}{}{}
{231}{I think that it probably happens more among your people...}{}{5}{}{297}{}
{232}{It is.  Men are evil, but many more are good...}{}{5}{}{236}{}
{233}{E:}{}{5}{}{0}{}
{236}{Perhaps, then, it is only these poachers that Kan Kerai must make war against.  If most men are like you, @PCNAME@, then perhaps the warm-blood ways are good ways.  I thank you for showing me this.  I am grateful.}{Perhaps, then, it is only these poachers that Kan Kerai must make war against.  If most men are like you, @PCNAME@, then perhaps the warm-blood ways are good ways.  I thank you for showing me this.  I am grateful.}{}{}{}{}
{237}{And the elf?  He will go free?}{}{5}{}{242}{}
{242}{Yes.  He is free to return to his home...make sure to speak with him before you leave and tell him he may leave.  I will make amends myself, and send gifts to the elves in the forest.  You have made peace between us, @PCNAME@...}{Yes.  He is free to return to his home...make sure to speak with him before you leave and tell him he may leave.  I will make amends myself, and send gifts to the elves in the forest.  You have made peace between us, @PCNAME@...}{}{}{}{gf2146 1, gf2692 1}
{243}{Glad to be of service...}{}{5}{}{248}{}
{248}{Tell me, @PCNAME@.  Why have you come to these strange lands?  You are not of the forest elves, nor are you of the Dark Fens.  What is it that brings you to us?}{Tell me, @PCNAME@.  Why have you come to these strange lands?  You are not of the forest elves, nor are you of the Dark Fens.  What is it that brings you to us?}{}{}{}{}
{249}{I'm sorry Kan Kerai, but that is a burden I must carry alone...}{}{5}{}{252}{}
{250}{It is a long tale...[Tell Kan Kerai all that has happened.]}{}{5}{}{255}{}
{252}{Of course.  All must dream their own dream.  Farewell to you, @PCNAME@.  I wish you luck, wherever you may go...}{Of course.  All must dream their own dream.  Farewell to you, @PCNAME@.  I wish you luck, wherever you may go...}{}{}{}{}
{253}{E:}{}{5}{}{0}{lf2 1}
{255}{I know not of many things outside the Dark Fens, but the Bedokaan are warriors, and we love this land as no other.  I offer the strength of my people, if you desire it.  In the village there is one named Waromon.  Speak with him, and if he so desires, you may take him on your quest.  He is brave, and knows the words of power...}{I know not of many things outside the Dark Fens, but the Bedokaan are warriors, and we love this land as no other.  I offer the strength of my people, if you desire it.  In the village there is one named Waromon.  Speak with him, and if he so desires, you may take him on your quest.  He is brave, and knows the words of power...}{}{}{}{ru 2132, gf2154 1}
{256}{I'll speak with him.  Good day to you, Kan Kerai...}{}{5}{}{0}{lf2 1}
{259}{Perhaps you are right.  But that is what I would expect you to say.  Warm-bloods live in constant fear of death, we do not.  We live the reptilian dream on both sides, @PCNAME@.  I think war is the only way...}{Perhaps you are right.  But that is what I would expect you to say.  Warm-bloods live in constant fear of death, we do not.  We live the reptilian dream on both sides, @PCNAME@.  I think war is the only way...}{}{}{}{}
{260}{No!  Not all must pay the price!  Let us first speak of the elves...}{}{5}{}{188}{lc1 1}
{261}{No, perhaps you're right.  But what else can be done?}{}{5}{}{176}{}
{262}{Then you and I shall commence the first battle, right now...}{}{5}{}{}{co, fl 171}
{263}{E:}{}{5}{}{0}{}
{265}{What know you of the cold-blood ways?  You've no desire to see, @PCNAME@.  Only to speak your empty words.  I'm sorry, but I think that there will be war...first with men, and then the elves...}{What know you of the cold-blood ways?  You've no desire to see, @PCNAME@.  Only to speak your empty words.  I'm sorry, but I think that there will be war...first with men, and then the elves...}{}{}{}{}
{266}{Wait!  Elves and men are different...elves have their own code!}{}{5}{lc1 0}{194}{lc1 1}
{267}{Wait!  Elves and men are different...elves have their own code!}{}{5}{lc1 1}{307}{}
{268}{No, perhaps you're right.  But what else can be done?}{}{5}{}{176}{}
{269}{If it's war you want, I'll oblige you here and now...}{}{5}{}{}{co, fl 171}
{270}{E:}{}{5}{}{0}{}
{271}{These are small things, small differences.  I speak of hearts and minds...the dreams of the warm-blood.  It is there that elves are the same as men, in their hearts, in their words...}{These are small things, small differences.  I speak of hearts and minds...the dreams of the warm-blood.  It is there that elves are the same as men, in their hearts, in their words...}{}{}{}{}
{272}{No...you said the elves have words of power...men do not...}{}{5}{lc1 0}{200}{lc1 1}
{273}{No...you said the elves have words of power...men do not...}{}{5}{lc1 1}{307}{}
{274}{E:}{}{5}{}{}{}
{277}{Why do you assume that I do not listen to your words?  Do you think me a beast, with no reason, no love?  You see with blind eyes, @PCNAME@...}{Why do you assume that I do not listen to your words?  Do you think me a beast, with no reason, no love?  You see with blind eyes, @PCNAME@...}{}{}{}{}
{278}{I meant to say that elves, too, are tied to the land...}{}{5}{lc1 0}{206}{lc1 1}
{279}{I meant to say that elves, too, are tied to the land...}{}{5}{lc1 1}{307}{}
{280}{E:}{}{5}{}{0}{}
{282}{Why should Kan Kerai show mercy to men, or forgive them?  Are the murderers here, seeking our forgiveness?  No!  Only death will they understand...fear, and death...!}{Why should Kan Kerai show mercy to men, or forgive them?  Are the murderers here, seeking our forgiveness?  No!  Only death will they understand...fear, and death...!}{}{}{}{}
{283}{Help me to understand the reptilian dream...}{}{5}{lc1 0}{212}{lc1 1}
{284}{Help me to understand the reptilian dream...}{}{5}{lc1 1}{307}{}
{285}{E:}{}{5}{}{0}{}
{287}{Again, it seems that we are not speaking the same language.  And maybe you are right...we will never dream the same dreams...}{Again, it seems that we are not speaking the same language.  And maybe you are right...we will never dream the same dreams...}{}{}{}{}
{288}{Listen!  Not all men's hearts are the same.  Sadly Some are dark...}{}{5}{lc1 0}{218}{lc1 1}
{289}{Listen!  Not all men's hearts are the same.  Sadly Some are dark...}{}{5}{lc1 1}{307}{}
{290}{E:}{}{5}{}{0}{}
{292}{I'm afraid that is not enough.  Although your words are strong, they are not stronger than the will of the snake-fathers...we must be SHOWN...}{I'm afraid that is not enough.  Although your words are strong, they are not stronger than the will of the snake-fathers...we must be SHOWN...}{}{}{}{}
{293}{If all men were evil, would they let a man like me survive?}{}{5}{lc1 0}{230}{lc1 1}
{294}{If all men were evil, would they let a man like me survive?}{}{5}{lc1 1}{307}{}
{295}{E:}{}{5}{}{0}{}
{297}{Why do you say that?  Because we are not like you?  We are savage?  Your words betray your heart, @PCNAME@...}{Why do you say that?  Because we are not like you?  We are savage?  Your words betray your heart, @PCNAME@...}{}{}{}{}
{298}{No...I meant to say that some men are evil, but many are good...}{}{5}{lc1 0}{236}{lc1 1}
{299}{No...I meant to say that some men are evil, but many are good...}{}{5}{lc1 1}{307}{}
{300}{E:}{}{5}{}{0}{}
{307}{No!  I will hear no more!  War it must be!  Unless...[He hesitates, looking at you...]}{No!  I will hear no more!  War it must be!  Unless...[He hesitates, looking at you...]}{}{}{}{lf6 1}
{308}{What!  Is there an alternative?  What else can be done?}{}{5}{}{176}{}
{310}{What is it, warm-blood?  What do you want of me?}{What is it, warm-blood?  What do you want of me?}{}{}{}{}
{311}{Are you sure I can't convince you that war is not the way?}{}{5}{ps 12}{182}{}
{312}{Are you sure I can't convince you that war is not the way?}{}{5}{ps -11}{173}{}
{313}{What is it I need to do to free the elven prisoner?}{}{5}{qu1080 1, gf2150 0}{176}{}
{314}{I've yet to kill all the poachers, Kan Kerai...}{}{5}{qu1080 2, gf2150 0}{358}{}
{315}{I've killed the poachers, Kan Kerai...}{}{5}{gf2150 1}{319}{}
{316}{What do for free elf?}{}{-4}{qu1080 1, gf2150 0}{176}{}
{317}{I killed skinnies.}{}{-4}{gf2150 1}{319}{}
{318}{E:}{}{1}{}{0}{}
{319}{You have?  Good...perhaps the warm-blood heart is not evil...perhaps it does know what is right and what is wrong.  Your actions have freed the elf, and averted war between mankind and the Bedokaan, warm-blood.  Make sure to speak with the elf before you leave and tell him he is free to go...}{You have?  Good...perhaps the warm-blood heart is not evil...perhaps it does know what is right and what is wrong.  Your actions have freed the elf, and averted war between mankind and the Bedokaan, warm-blood.  Make sure to speak with the elf before you leave and tell him he is free to go...}{}{}{}{gf2146 1, qu1080 4}
{320}{I'm glad, Kan Kerai.  The men I killed deserved it...}{}{5}{}{323}{}
{321}{What I did, I did because I had to.  But ANY murder is wrong...}{}{5}{}{326}{}
{322}{E:}{}{-4}{}{0}{lf3 1}
{323}{Yes, I agree.  Perhaps you might dream the reptilian dream one day, @PCNAME@.  I wish you luck in your travels...}{Yes, I agree.  Perhaps you might dream the reptilian dream one day, @PCNAME@.  I wish you luck in your travels...}{}{}{}{lf3 1}
{324}{E:}{}{5}{}{0}{}
{326}{Then you do not understand the cold-blood ways.  Perhaps it is better this way.  I wish you luck in your travels, @PCNAME@...}{Then you do not understand the cold-blood ways.  Perhaps it is better this way.  I wish you luck in your travels, @PCNAME@...}{}{}{}{lf3 1}
{327}{E:}{}{5}{}{0}{}
{329}{Good luck to you, @PCNAME@.  May the snake-fathers guide your path...}{Good luck to you, @PCNAME@.  May the snake-fathers guide your path...}{}{}{}{}
{331}{I wish you luck, @PCNAME@.  You truly have the cold-blood heart...}{I wish you luck, @PCNAME@.  You truly have the cold-blood heart...}{}{}{}{}
{334}{Why do you return here, warm-blood?  What do you want of me?}{Why do you return here, warm-blood?  What do you want of me?}{}{}{}{}
{335}{I'd like to continue our conversation...}{}{5}{}{338}{}
{336}{E:}{}{5}{}{0}{}
{338}{What have we to speak of, warm-blood killer?}{What have we to speak of, warm-blood killer?}{}{}{}{}
{339}{You don't even know me...}{}{5}{lc2 1}{9}{}
{340}{What have I done to you?}{}{5}{lc2 2}{20}{}
{341}{Why do you call me these names...?}{}{5}{lc2 3}{26}{}
{342}{Please...I'm only trying to understand your ways...}{}{5}{lc2 4}{32}{}
{343}{Please, explain to me your beliefs...}{}{5}{lc2 5}{38}{}
{344}{You said your people were being hunted?}{}{5}{lc2 6}{44}{}
{345}{What have the elves done to you?}{}{5}{lc2 7}{49}{}
{346}{Have the elves harmed you?  Attacked you?}{}{5}{lc2 8}{55}{}
{347}{I want to right this wrong!  I'm not your enemy...}{}{5}{lc2 9}{60}{}
{348}{I tire of your insults.  I'm going to kill you, lizard...}{}{5}{}{}{co, fl 80}
{349}{E:}{}{5}{}{0}{}
{351}{Hello, @PCNAME@.  Can we speak of the warm-blood ways, again?}{Hello, @PCNAME@.  Can we speak of the warm-blood ways, again?}{}{}{}{}
{352}{Yes.  This elf...I believe you are imprisoning him wrongly...}{}{5}{lc3 1}{107}{}
{353}{I'd like to speak of what has happened here, Kan Kerai...}{}{5}{lc3 1}{111}{}
{354}{The warm-bloods who killed your people...they were not elves?}{}{5}{lc3 2}{118}{}
{355}{The warm-bloods who killed your people...they were not elves?}{}{5}{lc3 3}{123}{}
{356}{The men who killed your people...where did they come from?}{}{5}{lc3 4}{133}{}
{357}{E:}{}{5}{}{0}{}
{358}{Then do so, and return to me...}{Then do so, and return to me...}{}{}{}{}
{359}{E:}{}{5}{}{0}{}

