Sunday, 2 June 2013

Negotiations



The Elf entered the clearing, her palms facing me as she slowly approached the fire.

“Are you the envoy?” she asked in a soft, high voice. I nodded once, my hand still at my sword.

She crouched, picking up a small twig and tossing it into the fire idly. “My people want this conflict to end, by any means.” she whispered, as the smoke drifted across us both.

“Surrender then.” I told her.

She smiled. “Actually, we’d rather you just tell us everything about your forces.”

“Why should I?”

“Because that was a truthstick I just tossed into the fire.”

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