--This 'game' he's talking about is about summoning monsters as big as the sky.  If you've got that kind of power, you've been holding out!--<br/>--Oh, anything that big would probably crush this village.  I'm sure he doesn't intend anything so violent.--<br/>Jude looked at the cards.  "I'd mostly like to see the summoning ritual, and the results.  If you're the only one of your kind here...  I can only imagine how impressive it is."  He held up his little<em>My First Grimoire</em>.  "A type of magic grows stronger the fewer the people calling on it.  That's why I try to use the most obscure texts imaginable.  To be the only one of your kind..."  He grinned broadly, and stepped back.<br/>--Come on.  Play the game.  You know you want to.--<br/>--I am certainly not teaching him the rules.--<br/>--That attitude is the reason why you don't ever get to come out.--<br/>--Need I remind you who handled the shit in that pit back there?--<br/>--Please, don't.--<br/>"Game?  Well, if your magic looks like something I can deal with, I'd be glad to spar a bit.  My companions seem averse to teaching me the rules, though."