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Date Posted: 15:21:15 01/13/06 Fri
My time with R'Auco did end, and near the old realms. I had no desire to return here, but it was the closest place, and there had been no time for another choice. The Beast is gone and I am verily glad I have not to travel on the wing anymore. Of course I could have kicked myself for sending the Arabian back. It was a long time before I saw the mare again. They say though, that all things happen for a reason. I do not think that true, but never the less, I have found that there seems to be a reason for me to stay in the old streets of Rhy'Din. The Smugglers Den was there long long ago..open and closed and run by Gods knows how many different people. I am just the next one in line I suppose, and I will hand it down to someone unwary. Many of the connections Ciro had help me here, and knowing old Duel and Lord Malingstrum are true assets. I am plagued by the change in the realm however, it seems that armies amass on the borders, soldiers come in formation in suits of gray. There seems always someone trying to rule these chaotic realms, and for me, I think them all fools. I know who guides their wars.
Opium has become the cover for many of the goods smuggled, for noone cares if men dope themselves senseless. It makes my job a hell of a lot easier to ship the slaves and the whiskey and the metals. My face, if not my name, have long been forgotten here, but I still use the name Shebali instead. Hell, few of these idiots even know the language.
The business keeps me occupied, and it brings in enough money that I can pay the school but I do not know for how long. The rumors of soldiers and wars so close have made an impact. When the money runs out, I will give up the Den, but for now, here I stay. Trevor is taking well to the school. He has already learned so much. I visit him every month, and how tall he is now! I miss him and I cannot look too much toward the future, but things are as well as they can be. These four years of his stay at the school will be long ones for me. I hate it here in these old streets, so full of piss and disease and black memories around every corner. If it were not for friends such as Kravon and Damian and hai, even V'rnai the black bitch, I wonder if I could endure. Of course I will. I have to. Gold is harder and harder to come by these days, but I have gotten enough for next year.
I leave tomorrow to visit him again.
~C~
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