>>24824393>'Hrmmmm... 'Councilman'? 'Head adviser of the mayor'?.. Hot diggity Houndour! I may have just found my ticket into the dark side! If I can just keep on this guy's good graces, maybe he'll give me the 4-1-1 on what he knows about the town's cult! EVERYTHING'S COMING UP CALEMSON!'With a plan set in stone, your tone gets notably friendlier. "U-Uh, yeah, sure!" you nod. "I um, know how hard it is to live without a fatherly figure..."
"So we're on the same page then," says Garakaw. "I came across Midoro some years ago, alone and weeping in a bundle of blankets on the side of the road." he explains, reaching down to take the little explorer in his arms. "His birth parents had abandoned him for reasons beyond my knowledge, they didn't even bother to leave a note. I know not of their identity and have yet to encounter another member of his species. I was at a loss at the time, though I was no foreigner to the concept. My own past was wrought with similar heartache, and in the end, I took him in for the night."
"That night soon continued into the next night, and then the next month, and then every night of the year altogether. Midoro had nowhere else to go, and I hadn't the heart to send him away, so I named him and deemed him my own."
>'Damn, this is getting heavy..'"He was far too young to remember any of this, and is still too young to dare question his past. For now, I try keep him under a tight leash, emphasis on /try/. It's easier said than done."
