*Sitting in the leaves* ((Oct 27 noon)

[Ishtaar]

"I be lookin' ferward ta more talks, Wizwik!" Ishtaar calls out and waves to the gnome as he leaves.

[Prawl]

*Prawl looks unsure to Ishtaar*

[Ishtaar]

Ishtaar looks to Prawl for a moment, before holding a finger in the air, and rummaging through a pouch he has on his hip.

After a few moments, he pulls out a wooden coin featuring a burned etching of a bear paw on it.

"I know ye kind nae care much fer metal an' coin, buh... here, be takin' this, will ye?" He says, holding it out to her. "Them be tokens me an' the lads use ta spend on each o'er. When we been daft, we be payin' a wood coin; it be like a favor owed, aye?" He explains, with a smile.

"They burn a mark in each, me symbol be a bear's paw. If I e'er be daft roun' ye, l'il lass, hol' up tha coin t'me an tell me I bein' daft an I be owin' ye a favor, aye?"

[Prawl]

*Prawl looks to the coin unsure, as before nodding*

"What will happen if you be draft?"

*She takes the coin nervously, before looking it over.*

[Ishtaar]

"Well, if I e'er be doin' things tha nae be proper tha be daft... Nae any folk e'er ask me tha b'fer." He says, looking upwards, in thought; he scratches his head as he ponders.

"Ehhh... we be comin' ba' ta tha one, aye... Wha ye be doin' sittin' lonely in tha wood anyroad?"

[Prawl]

*Prawl looks down softly*

"I lost my best friend-- and I dont know what to do with out him."

[Ishtaar]

"Well, we be 'avin tha in common then, aye?" He says, kneeling down. "Nae'r though I'd miss them lads all tha much buh, they grown on yeh. Where'd yeh friend get tah?"

[Prawl]

"He was sent back to The Blue dragon-- his work is down." *Looks down sadly*

[Ishtaar]

"Ah-" Ishtaar looks to the side, briefly. "Well, ehh... Ye still be keepin' he close t'ye 'eart then, aye? I be bettin' tha he still be thinkin' a yeh, where e'er he be; Nae matter where folk be, could be 'cross oceans, in Valhalla, tha next life... they always be kept livin' in ye 'eart an mind. Nae leh tha light die, yeh 'ear?"

[Prawl]

*prawl looks up with a broken heart*
"The light is dimming."