Date:         Wed, 26 Jun 1996 09:17:12 EST
From: Chris Vaughan <Chris.Vaughn@S3ABAC8.SSA.GOV>
Subject:      INT: The Adventurers - Arturo eavesdrops

     Reserved:
     Arturo
     Angel (Janell)
     Tali (CK)
     Myce Elf (Kat)
     Tolstoy (Chris)

     "Vier Kreene?"  "Vier Krielle?"  The words were meaningless to Arturo,
     but they had also said "treasure", and that was a word he understood
     only too well.  He had spent most of his life dreaming of gold coins
     and shimmering jewels while he sweltered his youth away in the musty
     alleyways of Dragon's Tooth.

     He leaned closer to the porthole and listened intently as the elf, the
     new girl with the crow, and that other girl talked.

     The elf said, "I'd hate to go on a wild goose chase, but that treasure
     sure would be worth it."

     "Hey, Tali.  I was a stowaway, too, and Myce here took me on real kind
     like.  She's a good one, nothing to fear.  That ole' lion just likes
     ta make people sweat, but he's a big baby."

     Arturo felt a twinge of something in his gut.  It was an unfamiliar
     sensation.  Guilt?

     They talked some more and Arturo memorized every word.  Then, just
     when it was starting to get good he felt warm breath on his neck.  He
     turned and looked up into the glowing green eyes of Tolstoy.

     The lion growled a low-pitched growl that rumbled in the pit of
     Arturo's stomach.

     He smiled, nervously, edging back away from the lion.  It watched his
     with angry eyes as he inched back.  Then he felt something hard
     against his back.  He had backed against the gunwale and was trapped.

     Tolstoy roared, his fierce maw inches from Arturo's face.  The lion's
     breath seared his nostrils.

     "What's going on?"  Myce Elf ran around the corner and came up beside
     Tolstoy.

     Arturo looked at her and shrugged, further enraging the giant cat.

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