<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/5/50/15b3a41b63432bcd1c3755c910f8be5c.jpg)</div>"Honour to you and your House," Umari replied to Ramalan, giving a polite bow in reply, as befitted his status. "Your gift is a generous one. As you might imagine, we have somewhat different resources freely available to us. The sea gives it's bounty freely, but strong drink is not one of its gifts."<br/><br/>He made a small gesture, and a nearby servant brought over a small case from which he withdrew a small pendant, set with a jet black stone that looks suspiciously like a tooth. "I hope that you will accept this token from my hand, and let it bring you luck."<br/><br/>"But come now, sit, sit and talk. Long has it been since we have had newcomers to our shores. Tell me how fares the West, and the world beyond us?"<br/><br/><br/>