~~~~~~ Haven't been taking to sneaking about as of late after the drider ~~~~~ ~~ incident I 'afore have told. I've bounded as quick as a hobbit, as I hear ~ ~~~~~~~~ someone approach nowa'days. It was just such a journey I spot ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ two gents walking up the North-South road from my hiddin spot ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ near the trees. As they got closer I overheard em speakin' ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ 'bout some scroll the one who seemed a bit shaken had gone ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~ an lost. The Shaken feller was a tad bit concerned 'bout this council ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ or what have you. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ "I was just meaning to take that shortcut by the castle," ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "I hadn't even planed on entering..." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ "Well, I'm not going in there looking for the scroll." ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ "Why did the Council of Light give it to you anyway?" ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Do you have any Idea where you droped it?" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ "Well no I don't, as a matter of fact. I climbed a rope" ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ "to get a peek out a higher window to see if I could see" ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ "the road...Then I just ran east as fast as I could get" ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ "out of there. Was somthin' spooked me I told ya." ~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ "When the Council finds out, your in for it, I'll tell you." ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~ "I know, A pox on my blasted Hide. They will send me such a curse" ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "if they found out I was the one who lost it." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ That was all I heard before the two moved out of sight over a hill ~~~~ ~~~~~~ and I wasn't about to move till I was sure the road was clear for ~~~~~ ~~~~~~ many a' mile. I'll bet the do get a might upset if this sroll as ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ important as it sounds. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ______________________________________________________________________________ Mission Control Mission Control