"Bah!"
"Well, you would help save many- admittedly, futile- lives."
"Bah!" Exclaimed the human, kicking a stool over.
"You could help preserve a beneficent and cultured kingdom survive the onslaught of
a cruel and tyrannical one?"
"Have you not listened to anything I've said?" The wizard was incredulous.
Udo sighed. "Fine," he said, "I give up. Let me down, and I'll be on my way."
"That's the most sensible thing I've heard you say so far!" The old human snapped his
fingers in a rhythmic sequence, dropping Udo unceremoniously onto the floor. The wizard then
shuffled back over to his place by the fire.
The peryton stood up slowly and dusted himself off. He picked up his pack,
muttering angrily to himself.
"Eh, what's that?"
"Never mind," Udo said, "I'll show myself out."
"No, no what was it you were saying just now, while you collected your things?"
"I said that I'll need to find a new master and a new place to live because I can't
convince you to help Cervus."
"Ah, yes. I suppose you will."
"Not that it matters to you, but studying magic is my reason for getting up every day.
I take great pleasure examining its intricacies through study. Magic motivates me. And believe it
or not, I do understand the points you were making just now about silence, even if I don't agree