<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/5/5e/3bfaeb75dbcce83bfc397be0f8c47baa.jpg)</div><strong>Aten Marlowe</strong>(https://docs.google.com/document/d/15RW9l1-kdi1U_p6TrvCCoAbEAKuMV4KyKxnD-dlWCKA/edit)<br/><br/>Aten snorted a little bit at Masune's respone.<em>Not a very good listener, is he?  I hope he's better with a sword than with conversation.</em>Z<br/><br/>The clean cut human didn't make any jibes aloud, but instead mentioned his desire to explore some of the Tal'both ruins and see what challenges they might face, or relics of the past they might find.  "The wizards of Tal'both did not primarily create evil things," he commented, "Their sin was neglecting their people."<br/><br/>That was, of course, a drastic oversimplification, but it got the point across that there was virtue in bringing lost magic back to light, and no dishonor in making fame or profit doing so.<br/><br/>The wagons stopped.  Aten cocked his head.  Shrugging, he belted on his sword and made certain he was ready for exactly what happened--a call to scout.  He slipped down out of the wagon, gave a good stretch, then asked the dwarf, "What's the situation?"