Of Dawn and Dusk

[Treewyrm]

He stopped and grunted lightly.

"Oh Makers, bless thee." - the man sarcastically replied to Sh'ozak.

"I can guess what my perpetually angry bretheren have told you, and perhaps have asked you to do. Has he made the offer yet?" - he glanced briefly at Sh'ozak manifestation, as if looking for confirmation or denial, and then exclaimed back at Caliban with an eerie smile: "Why, of course he did!"

"And not the first time either." - he added quietly.

With the smile now gone he began to slowly walk in a circle around Caliban, only occasionally catching his piercing gaze.

"Now, seeing as you have decided to forfeit on your obligations and your motivation is sorely lacking I must conclude that you seek to terminate our *deal*. Considering where you are going now. Is that so?"