<div class="floatright">(https://farm8.static.flickr.com/7673/26911334061_6664baacfa_b.jpg)</div>Sir Pallam Rem (https://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=1350847)<br/><sub>HP: 52/52, AC: 18, Perception: 0</sub><br/><br/>The paladin interred his holy sword into the sand, unfastened his gauntlets, and then collapsed on the ground, his back resting against the felled scorpion.  He lifted his visor and stared at the sky, and thanked the veiled lady for a victory free from injury.<br/><br/>"Sir Pallam!" Willem said, huffing as he charged up the dune.  He fell to his knees beside the armored man.<br/><br/>"Hey, Willem," Sir Pallam said lazily.   "Did you know," he patted the scorpion,  "that these lads are sand lobsters?"<br/><br/>"What?" Willem asked, utterly perplexed.   "What do you mean?"<br/><br/>Sir Pallam ignored the question.  It would take too long to explain.  Or maybe it wouldn't.  Sir Pallam wasn't an efficient speaker.   "Did you bring my waterskin?" he asked instead.<br/><br/>The page retrieved the paladin's waterskin and handed it to him hesitantly.   "Sand lobsters?" he said, trying to pry the paladin's meaning.<br/><br/>"Aye," the paladin said as he filled his mouth with watered-down ale, and added,  "they'll make for a tasty dinner.  Do you know how to butcher them?"<br/><br/>"Do you mean you wish to eat these... things!?" the page asked suddenly.  Willem knew that the paladin had not been of noble birth, but eating gigantic bugs seemed like something that even the lowest of the low would at least try to avoid.  They had food, too.  What was the point?<br/><br/>The paladin grinned and said,  "Not all of them, Willem.  Just a part of one."  He then nodded and said,  "The tastiest part."<br/><br/>"I'm sorry, m'lord, but I do not know how to butcher these things..."<br/><br/>The paladin shrugged and said,  "then go find someone who can."<br/><br/>Willem stood up and almost said something, but instead rounded around the scorpion and approached Atsila.  He took off his cap and held it in between his hands.   "I'm sorry, my lady, but would you know how to butcher large scorpions?"<br/>