Smoot wrote: >Hank is uncertain about how to proceed- he'd been advised not to divulge too >much about his background, but at the same time, he doesn't want to lie. How >to treat it- like an interview? A police questioning...? >"I'm Galtheyn Tyr, head of the Technical Division in this city. We >met last night", he begins, "And Jathren tells me that the two of you >stepped through what we believe to be a dimensional portal device. Is >this true? >"Yes, it is. I regret, I can't add anything about that- the 'trip' was >involuntary, and I don't understand how it worked", Hank says. >"I don't know about any portal device", Roy adds, "I was back home, >then I was in some strange other place" He continues with a >description from his viewpoint of his arrival. "Focussed at one end" Galtheyn leans back. "Interesting". He pauses in thought. "How on Kalyr did they focus it? Was there a mentalist there? Can you remember?". "What can you tell me about wherever it was you came from", Galtheyn asks. "I'm from the United States of America, the same as Roy, though from another region... what would you like to know about it?". "Is that a city, or a world?", he asks, "Do the people of 'Merika' know of Kalyr and it's people?". "And finally", says Galtheyn, what can we do with you?". "That, I don't know", Hank says, "I'd like to get home, too. In the meantime... Well, I spoke with Mr. Duplar, and he mentioned the Karazthan. The Technical division, mainly. What is it like? I'd like to hear from you..." "I don't know if Jathren and Duplar have told you much about how our guild is organised", says Galtheyn. He pauses in thought again. "We have three divisions here. There's the Administration Division; they do all the paperwork, and do all the dealings with other guilds. Then there's the Security Division, their role is to protect the guild from out enemies. And finally there's Technical, with more people than the other two put together. We build and maintain every machine in Kalyr. Much of the work we do in our workshops; we have places like this in every large city. But some Technical people have to go to wherever the machines are; everywhere there's one of our machines, you'll find people from Technical. Even at sea; some of us are sailors, looking after the engines. "I wouldn't mind a job working with horses, or on a ranch", says Roy, "I could fix cars, too, if you had any normal ones. But mostly, I think we need to be gettin' back home" "Horses?", replies Galtheyn, "What sort of machine are those? Or cars? I think our machines will be quite different to the sorts of things you're used to. It all depends on how quickly you two can learn new things. How about we give you two a tour of the workshops?" -- Tim Hall Weblog: http://www.kalyr.com/weblog Photos: http://kalyr.fotopic.net/
