<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#9999ff">"The Comedian"<br/>
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The old television public service announcement commercial '<i>The More You Know ' </i>briefly flashed through Toby's mind as the little humanoid's words confirmed that his guess about this being some kind of Faerie Land, where there were some very structured rules regarding favors and debts.  He would have saved the faerie's life anyway, because it would have been the right thing to do.  Now, though, he would allow the creature to serve him because he needed the continuing information that it would provide to him. Toby wasn't certain why the Fae wasn't speaking in a reverse fashion to him, as it had before, but the change would make communication much easier.  <br/>
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Toby thought a bit on how to acknowledge his acceptance of the fae's service and then said to the fae, "Your debt will not be repaid until such a time that I am returned to the Earth that I came from or until you have saved my life.  Until that time, you shall serve me as my true advisor and your treasure that has also been saved shall be for my free use.  I shall not squander your treasure, but ask you to advise me on it's best use and what I do not use will be yours when your debt is repaid."  Toby watched the fae's reaction to his terms.  He didn't want to abuse the hold that he had over the creature, but he had no way to pay for anything unless the group acquired more treasure.  "I believe that I am treating you in fairness.  Those are the terms of your life debt."  Toby finished his little speech with a question,  "Now, what say you to this arrangement?"<br/>
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He hoped that he wasn't asking too much of the creature.</span>