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Date Posted: 14:37:24 07/27/01 Fri
Author: Raska
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In reply to: Shah 's message, "�Thoughtful�" on 13:56:26 07/27/01 Fri

::"I may be a pleasant companion to you, but you aren't forced to marry me. It's not as if you were bound here, indeed you could leave any time you chose. It wasn't so for that poor girl. Oh, I treated her well, respectfully and kindly, which is more than your average wife would recieve, but neither of us enjoyed it much. She wasn't unwilling to our marrige, rather merely unhappy. I guess she resigned herself to the proposition as did I, but each of us would rather have had different options. She perhaps would have wished to be married to a man of higher station, as I am only a younger son. I would have been contented not to marry at all, or at least marry someone of my choosing, rather than my father's. She died some years back of an illness that swept through our tribe. As for what it was like? Bearable at best, she and I were not meant for more than casual acquaintance, neither much enjoying the other's company. I hope all marriages don't go as such, but then again, most men don't seem to care what their wives want anyways, seeing them as another 'pretty face' to warm their bed." He shrugged, pulling some candied figs and a handful of dates from his packs and offering them to her. "Forgive me if I ramble. I have been secluded in this thrice-cursed oasis by myself for too long to not make use of whatever company is offered." he laughed a bit at that, but his stay appeared to not have been easy. Worry creases marred his face, sun-bronzed and care-worn as it was.

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Replies:

�Questioning� -- Shah, 14:49:35 07/27/01 Fri
- >>>><<<< -- Raska, 15:03:10 07/27/01 Fri
  - �Prepares� -- Shah, 15:16:47 07/27/01 Fri
    - >>>><<<< -- Rask, 15:33:17 07/27/01 Fri
      - �Mocking� -- Shah, 15:55:10 07/27/01 Fri
        >>>><<<< -- Raska, 16:01:31 07/27/01 Fri
        �Mirth� -- Shah, 16:10:54 07/27/01 Fri
        >>>><<<< -- Raska, 16:14:18 07/27/01 Fri