<em>You remind me of a monk I used to travel with, refused to allow us to do him a favor without returning it in some way. Which got damn annoying for the group when we had to teleport, since he had to rely on someone else, and he couldn't cook worth a damn. You seem to be a similar sort, would rather take a harder path on your own than accept the easier path with help. Besides, you are attractive, so even if you don't want to doa  favor, I would be a disgrace to the male gender.</em><br/><br/>He answered Diedre's question about a vulture, and then gave Ulwei a more detailed description as to what he planned to do. "Simply put, look powerful, influential, and then settle into the inn. Their natural curiosity and fear of the changes I might bring will bring them to me within a week. It depends on how much pride and prestige they will lose by going to me first and how many layers there are between the first to show up, and the sultan. The more powerful I appear to begin, the higher I start, but the longer the wait between the layers. Too weak though, and they won't take the bait at all. I am just hoping my idea is properly balanced, otherwise this might be more interesting than I thought."