Actually, in Thufir's case, I think the reward would be more along the lines of 'MVP' or 'Workhorse', to borrow a couple of terms from Mouse Guard  :-)<br/><br/>XP nom for Thufir seconded.<br/><br/>And...gawrsh, I<em>did</em>threaten to quote classical poetry, didn't I?  :-[  Thanks, Imogen!  I'd kind of forgotten about that bit.  Lucky for me I have Journey to the West, Three Kingdoms, and Outlaws of the Marsh around someplace...hmmm...as well as Dream of Red Mansions!  Melrose Place, classical Chinese style.   :-)<br/><br/>(Although this one humbly observes that for a 'classic' Chinese novel, that last was written too, too recently!)