Smoot wrote: >" 'Rulana' ?" Hank asks. "One of The Guardians", their host replies, "Guardian of the Planet. Cross her and her priests will raise hell. You don't cross one of The Guardians if you can help it". >>"You seem attached to your backpack", Galtheyn comments, "There's no >>need to carry it around all the time in here. What have you got in >>there?". > >"Personal effects, mainly. I wear these (shows glasses), but there's spares, >and some medicines... things like that. It's all I have of the world I left, >honestly. Maybe you'd do the same, if things were reversed?" "I understand", Galtheyn says, "I can't imagine what it would be like to lose *everything*. We've lost enough, but...". His voice trails off. >>He takes the pair of them down in a lift >How is this lift powered? Is it man-powered, or something else? It seems to be electrically-powered; It rattles and clanks alarmingly on the way down. >>The big doors stand open now, with a view outside, mostly taken up by a >>large watercraft. > >"That's an impressive vessel..." "The Tharn of the Val", Galtheyn says, "Biggest ship on the river. We look after the engines and power sources; there are several of our technical people on the crew. Must have arrived this morning. Something or someone very important on board for them to travel upriver in the dark". -- Tim Hall Weblog: http://www.kalyr.com/weblog Photos: http://kalyr.fotopic.net/
