Once the ride was pleasant enough, the moment the horse was not nervous anymore, as was the initial reaction in most animals to his race, Sith turns to chat with his fellow mage Roland.
"Well... Roland, our magic styless are so different that we could learn from each other something. For example, for a mind reader like you it would be interesting to notice that even if we look alike, our minds are very different. I would have trouble reading your innermost thoughts, and I'm used to it..." he smiles with an enigmatic smile "... you could probably read my lessser thoughts, the exterior ones, lets put it that way." He grins knowingly. "As a snake sheds its though skin and gets a new one, so our brains are formed by a lot of different layers, like an onion."
Well, lets talk about something a bit more ... urgent.
Mikba was a teacher for thieves / assassins, and he had some followers. I don't know now, but then the group had about 10 ssouls... Most of them newbies. The Tome I'm interested in is an old one that fell into Mikba's hands recently, stealing it from some old mage... who in turn 'acquired' it from one of my race, the great old Snake Mage Ssshra. The Tome, which is said to contain his human magic studies, iss protected sssomehow, and, the most interesting thing, has a geas and a curse that causes anyone that has it for more than 3 years to covet it, but be destined to have it stolen, normally dying in the process. That's the bad news, I would have to ssstudy the Tome to be able to overcome the protections, the good news is I know how to cleanse it from the curse... That's why I asked you for 10% instead of 5%, which would be the decent thing if the Tome had no protection. If you want, after I've learnt the only thing that interests me from there, I can sell it in exchange of a future favour..." thus said, he extends his hand towards, to seal a pact. The light plays strange tricks on the hand, as if it was something more than a simple handshake...
"Well... Roland, our magic styless are so different that we could learn from each other something. For example, for a mind reader like you it would be interesting to notice that even if we look alike, our minds are very different. I would have trouble reading your innermost thoughts, and I'm used to it..." he smiles with an enigmatic smile "... you could probably read my lessser thoughts, the exterior ones, lets put it that way." He grins knowingly. "As a snake sheds its though skin and gets a new one, so our brains are formed by a lot of different layers, like an onion."
Well, lets talk about something a bit more ... urgent.
Mikba was a teacher for thieves / assassins, and he had some followers. I don't know now, but then the group had about 10 ssouls... Most of them newbies. The Tome I'm interested in is an old one that fell into Mikba's hands recently, stealing it from some old mage... who in turn 'acquired' it from one of my race, the great old Snake Mage Ssshra. The Tome, which is said to contain his human magic studies, iss protected sssomehow, and, the most interesting thing, has a geas and a curse that causes anyone that has it for more than 3 years to covet it, but be destined to have it stolen, normally dying in the process. That's the bad news, I would have to ssstudy the Tome to be able to overcome the protections, the good news is I know how to cleanse it from the curse... That's why I asked you for 10% instead of 5%, which would be the decent thing if the Tome had no protection. If you want, after I've learnt the only thing that interests me from there, I can sell it in exchange of a future favour..." thus said, he extends his hand towards, to seal a pact. The light plays strange tricks on the hand, as if it was something more than a simple handshake...
