After
Das and
Athriel set off to secure a boat,
Petra and
Ty remain back in the room with
Harold.
Petra quickly regrets her decision to attempt to "nicely" interrogate Harold, as the drunk refuses to shut up... offering up very little of use. Harold knows nothing about the slavers, or if they even exist, but shares that he merely overheard some guards talking about some rumor they heard. Curious in their discussion, he followed them briefly, hoping to hear more. The guard's discussion transitioned into a "what if..." exchange, where the guards went back-and-forth explaining how
they would perform abductions if they were a slaver, and one of them mentioned how he would the Puffy Pelican as a base of operations. The joking between the guards only went on for a couple minutes before they all ended in uproarious laughter.
After sharing all he knows about the slavers, he spends the next couple hours while
Das and
Athriel are out, blathering on about every random topic that comes to his mind:
- Animals have charged with crimes and sentenced to death after a trial,
- Some turtles can breathe through their anus,
- It is possible to lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs,
- An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain,
- How he almost died one time after eating hallucinogenic bread,
- And so on...
The assault on their ears turns the babysitting job into a painful assignment for
Petra and
Ty
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Petra stands to stretch her legs.
"Isn't that interesting! Thank you for your insights Harold. Ty, would you join me a moment?" she walks to another window, trying to keep an eye on the Pelican while gaining a bit of privacy.
"He says the Pelican is the guards idea. Blast! This could be nothing."
