"Well, I can't say as there are very many people that I truly like. You have the luxury of relative anonymity, though. I was born into a Noble House, so I have to play a part. Sometimes the line between pretend and real blur..." He smiled, then, toothsome and relaxed within his own lair. There was a predator staring at him, but he too was a predator of sorts and they seemed to have developed a truce at the very least. Time would tell if they were the sort of predators who formed a herd. "Eypharian children are clumsy for a longer period than humans," he noted. "It takes time to develop three times the hand-eye coordination and the like. Perhaps someday we should spar. You can practice against a many-armed Eypharian with two khopeshes aimed for you and I can practice against a smaller, quicker opponent with Dira's own blessing." |