((<span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;">I won't apply the bonus, then.</span>))<br/><br/>"...Yeah, Cassia, hold off for a bit.  I'm pretty sure that won't be necessary."  Wendy stated, holding up a hand to halt the woman, and then gesturing for her to move back.  "Just let me try talking with this thing for a bit.  I'm pretty sure it's an undead creature of some sort."<br/><br/>Approaching within arm's reach of the glass tank the brain was floating in, the halfling inspected it carefully, looking all around it, and then...<br/><br/>"So, it must be pretty lonely, being stuck in here all the time, huh?"  She spoke up, directly addressing the brain again.  "If you can speak at all, I'd love to hear your voice.  And I'm sure you wouldn't mind holding a decent conversation for once...  Right?"