"Now there's an idea after my own heart...  But I there is no real evil here to fight, and boredom is not good enough reason to fight.  Maybe after this has ended I'll find someone who needs their head knocked around a bit, or even something really nasty to deal with.  Meantime, I just have to be patient with the small talk.  At least I'm good at it, some of these people realy have no concept of unimportant conversation that at least entertains.  Stories of how wonderful their kids did in this or that..."<br/><br/>Ibix shrugs and smiles to another passerby, nodding politely.<br/><br/>"I guess you of all people can tell I'm not really a monk, though I was trained at the Cloister.  The invitation said I was a monk, and I decided it would be more polite to play along than to point out the error.  Some of these high society types take offense at being corrected."