<strong>-- Explorator Thraxius --</strong>(http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=103946.msg4515299#msg4515299)<br/><hr/><br/>Thraxius damn near blew out a gasket once the pieces all came together and Sergeant En came clean, bright orange sparks fizzling from every joint and seam in his memorance unit like some deranged fire cracker.  The shame, to have<em>agreed</em>with a man tainted by the damnable Powers themselves!  The dishonor, to not have seen the signs himself!  Why?  Why had he been so blind?  It cut him to the very core, and in his breast he felt a hollow, wretched feeling in what remained of his gut that the man had not felt in nearly twenty long years.<br/><br/><em>"Let him,"</em>he said suddenly, but his voice lacked its usual iron-clad conviction.<em>"Let the man do what he can, while he can still rightfully be called a man at all."</em>