<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">"I know you're not talking to me, hunny," she says with a smile on her lips.  "I'm your link back to the First and Forsaken Lion.  A leash, more or less."</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">"Would you learn to summon me?"</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>He raised his voice into an echoing bark, glancing wildly about the hall. "I'm talking to whoever I damned well<em>feel</em>like talking to!" He shook one upraised fist in emphasis, releasing flecks of spittle before drawing back and actually<em>looking</em>at the demoness. "Huh? Who are you? Now what were you saying? Something about being the Lion's leash? Give me that." He snatched the crystal from her hand. "Alright, I'll learn how to summon you. Just don't get in the way of the mission or my work, got it?!"<br/><br/>Then the masked woman came up and he looked at her khatar. "Bah! An apprentice could do better work than that shoddy toy! How have you managed with such substandard gear this long? You'll have something much more useful when I'm done with it. You better show some appreciation too!" He snatched at the katar as well.<br/><br/>As he looked at the pitiful thing Joy was pleased to call a shield, he scoffed, but then nodded thoughtfully. "Glad to see someone has an appreciation of my skills! When I know what the surprise is I'll let you know. Genius can't be rushed you know! As for your shield, certainly. Who uses<em>wooden</em>shields these days?!  They break! They burn! Even in my mortal days a higher quality was demanded! It may be beneath me but you'll get a<em>real</em>shield by the time we hit Lookshy."<br/><br/>His chest puffed as Ice referred to him as "great master of the soulsteel". "Of course it would be appreciated! And you are quite right about my mastery of the soulsteel." He gestured to the soulsteel hearthstone amulet on his chest. "I can do small as easily as big! You'll get your shapeshifting mask. A trifle really."<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>