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<p>Nik and Arun

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Nik dipped the last piece of his fruit bread into the nearly empty bowl of tula breakfast stew, savored the flavors, then drank the remainder of the stew straight from the bowl. He wiped his mouth as the last of the community members and other travelers put their dishes on the bar, and headed out into town to go about their morning work days.

"Can I take your dishes for you, sir?" asked Arun as he walked up to Nik.

"Thank you," Nik replied.

"Is there anything else I can get for you?"

Nik recognized his opportunity to meet Griegg, "Yes, I have question, and I think your not-dead friend might be able to answer it for me. Could you arrange a meeting?"

Arun laughed a bit. "So formal! Yes, of course I can introduce you to Mr. Capita. May I enquire as to your name and the nature of said meeting?" said Arun with a touch of mockery.

"My name is Nik Worther, and my--"

Arun had dropped the bowl. "Worther!?"

"Uumm.....yes?" Nik Replied, confused as to what this Hobb was getting at.

"As in Cerugum Worther? The historical legend Cerugum Worther? That founded half the country?" 

"Umm...I've heard the name, but I don't know what he did." Nik was now distracted. "He was nearly a thousand years ago, right?"

"Yeah, he could do every kind of magic, he's the reason this place didn't close down."

"You have a good knowledge of your town's history," Nik said.

"Studying is important, Mr. Capita teaches me. Sorry, distracted, you wanted to meet with him, I think he'll be eager to meet one of the Line of Worther!" Arun ran off to the back room, having forgotten the dropped bowl, which Nik picked up a moment later.

Nik, had studied the past few generations of his family, but he hadn't looked back that far, he had no idea what Arun was talking about, but it peaked his interest, and wondered if there might be a connection.

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