(IC) Lost in Dreams (Julian)

[ericthered]

Originally Posted by TGLS

"I see. I thought it had to do with the..." I'm at a loss for words to describe night. "Constant light? No darkness? No... [English] nighttime."

"It does. The vendors sell to whoever is awake and out, and we sell to people on our shift the right meals"

I suppose I could start looking at a Simple English dictionary and make sentences terser, but I think adding in a simplification step to the translation convention works just as fine.

Yeah, its just a flavor comment. I will continue trying to use small words in the answers he gets, at least for now.

"Maybe the guards are lying so they have more opportunities to steal. The guards are the eyes and ears, right? Garbage in, garbage out."

"I'm sure they are".

"Unsure. Far, beyond Riask far. Maybe beyond beyond Riask. Beyond Kiraskan maybe." I gather my thoughts for a moment, It's bittersweet; happy and sad. I've left my troubles behind, along with everything else."



I glance at my journal, "Almost everything else."

They're quiet and let him have his moment.

"I suppose little people," I pause to look for something less idiomatic, "not rich, unimportant people, have no say in whether Bumundo is Skalindir's or not. Who decides?"

Ump's Father: "Hah! No! Not at all. Money, Swords, and Oaths decide that."