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didn't eat that, did you? I

3:04

might have tried a little bowl.

3:06

Oh, red. Well, she's been here

3:08

for a while, red. You are

3:10

so nothing to me. Um, right,

3:12

off we go. Do you realize

3:15

this was held by Thorop Flamedhal?

3:17

Love this girl's color scheme. Just

3:19

want to say it. Girls, we

3:21

don't have an appointment. You give

3:23

a bad name for our crime.

3:25

I thought that storm was rather

3:27

quick. Oh, fancy crowd. A

3:30

stoop, darn, a stoop. Well, I

3:32

had another idea if it was

3:34

a tough-looking crowd. Why I love

3:37

playing Duchess and Dragons with you.

3:39

Welcome back to Day Shame. This

3:41

is season 2, episode 134. Don't

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look back. MVP this week is

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Henry Guthrie. Happy birthday! Happy birthday!

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Henry is turning eight years old

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Also, when Victor's Con is this

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of the discord, make sure you

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join. We'll be running games, panels,

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RPGs, a whole slew of fun

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activities. You don't want to miss

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it. Hopefully, we'll see you there.

4:11

All right, should we play some

4:14

D&D? Yeah, let's do it. An

4:16

astute listener may have noticed that

4:18

there is a new voice on

4:21

the podcast. Yeah. Nick Rosenberg, welcome

4:23

to Dice! Hello. It is such

4:25

a pleasure to be here. Really

4:28

so excited. It's a pleasure to

4:30

have you here. Oh, thank you.

4:32

I didn't want to introduce you,

4:35

the player, at the same time

4:37

as we were introducing Tamil, because

4:39

we get all jumbled up. I

4:41

would love to hear a little

4:44

about you have the audience get

4:46

familiar with you and just say

4:48

hi. Oh, amazing. Yeah. Hi. This

4:51

is the best thing because I

4:53

always blank. I should probably have

4:55

something like written down. And Joe,

4:58

especially because she didn't give you

5:00

any warning at all. No, I

5:02

love it because it keeps me

5:05

honest. It'll keep me honest. Like

5:07

I can't have. you know I

5:09

have to just what's in the

5:12

moment what's real what's true in

5:14

my heart I think when Harlan

5:16

introduced himself first it was I'm

5:19

human and I'm drinking a beer

5:21

oh yeah and Alex said he

5:23

was insurance broker and he still

5:26

is yes hi I'm Nick I'm

5:28

here I am so excited to

5:30

be here I'm a friend of

5:32

the podcast I had the absolute

5:35

pleasure of sitting at one of

5:37

Harlan's tables for the eight Slade

5:39

Nobody podcast where we played the

5:42

waking children which was such fun.

5:44

I still have such wonderful memories

5:46

especially of that edit where we

5:49

were trying to be all serious

5:51

and then when someone did something

5:53

stupid you just drop in that

5:56

like doo-doo-doo like almost like circusy

5:58

music. Worms my heart to think.

6:00

of it. Yeah, I'm in San

6:03

Francisco, California, which is normally sunny,

6:05

but right now is windy and

6:07

rainy. What else? I have a

6:10

dog who started doing this weird

6:12

thing today. Farting very loudly, so.

6:14

Oh, that's so nice. Oh,

6:17

I see what it is.

6:19

I see how it is.

6:21

Just in case something comes

6:23

to the edit, you're like,

6:26

it was a dog. Guys,

6:28

I need to lay the

6:30

ground work. The dog's

6:32

farting. The dog. Is

6:35

her name Blueberry? Yeah.

6:37

My dog's name is Blueberry.

6:39

Why? Why not strawberry? You

6:41

have to tell you. Goodness

6:43

great. I don't even actually remember how, I

6:45

think it was just kind of throwing out

6:47

a bunch of names. I do really love

6:49

blueberries. I moved to California and then, you

6:52

know, she was, she became part of my

6:54

life shortly after that. And, you know,

6:56

there's a lot of good produce

6:58

here in California. She's almost named

7:00

avocado. Almost, but then I was a

7:02

little too on the nose. Too cute, like

7:04

nicknames for her. Bloobs. I mean, like all

7:06

pet owners, yeah, there is, Bloobs is

7:09

actually one that I never thought of,

7:11

but everybody who is kind of, who's

7:13

going in contact with her is called

7:15

her Bloobs, yeah. But again, like all

7:17

pet owners, I have a million names,

7:19

some of which have nothing to do

7:21

with blueberries. Right, right, right, right, right, right.

7:23

I think I think I think I think

7:25

I think I call her, actor you're doing

7:28

all this kind of stuff and you've been

7:30

putting your heart and soul into it and

7:32

it's a fantastic you do an amazing

7:34

job oh that's so nice to hear

7:36

yeah I love actual play I think

7:39

this is one of my favorite mediums

7:41

for storytelling and it's definitely one of

7:43

my favorite just kind of activities in

7:45

general I love character work I've done

7:47

a little damning myself a little bit

7:49

of keeping for call of kathulu but

7:52

nothing beats just playing a character getting

7:54

deep in the paint on the character

7:56

Do you remember the first RPG

7:58

you ever played? Oh, the first

8:00

the first year I ever played was

8:03

D&D. I have a bunch of college

8:05

friends who kind of all got scattered

8:07

to the winds and as a way

8:10

of keeping in touch with each other,

8:12

one of them was just like, hey,

8:14

do you guys want to play? And

8:16

he DMed, he started DMing for us

8:19

and we played that game for I

8:21

think. almost two years almost like every

8:23

week for almost years yeah what level

8:26

did you get to well the problem

8:28

is that I'm multi-classed and so I

8:30

feel like we probably got to either

8:33

got to 12 or 13 that I

8:35

was one level my like my highest

8:37

level was less than that anyway I

8:40

totally listen I'm the same I'm the

8:42

same way I always every time before

8:44

this game I would always do multi-class

8:47

but because the only way you can

8:49

get that level 20 like Boone and

8:51

the Ranger one's not even that good,

8:54

but because the only way you could

8:56

do it is sticking with one class,

8:58

I've been like, no, I'll just stay

9:01

the one. I'm gonna regret it one.

9:03

I'm gonna kill Red before he gets

9:05

to level 20. No! You're gonna be

9:08

so sad. I can't kill Red, it's

9:10

my bad. Then you can multiply through

9:12

your next character. Yeah, what's your backup

9:14

character? Durr. Was that red backwards? I'm

9:17

deaf! You have to speak backwards the

9:19

whole time though. It's going to be

9:21

very difficult. Long lost. I'm a cousin

9:24

of Doran. Dark Sabbath. I was going

9:26

to ask when your first game of

9:28

D&D was. But you said it was

9:31

shortly after college. Well after college. It

9:33

was 2016. Oh, yeah. First game of

9:35

Dungeons and Dragons. So you're... Pretty new.

9:38

No, same with us. I mean, we're

9:40

all relative late bloomers. I think Alex

9:42

played far before any of us. Yeah,

9:45

I'm pretty much better than all of

9:47

you now. But it's so much worse

9:49

than everyone that it balances out. I

9:52

played in my early 20s. Yeah. So

9:54

that's about 15 years ago. Okay. Well,

9:56

then and then it would be me

9:59

because I think I probably I played

10:01

a bullshit game maybe 2013 which didn't

10:03

count and then I would say I

10:05

started proper 2015. Oh my gosh, I

10:08

fully looked at all of your avatars

10:10

on the screen in the eyes and

10:12

lied, straight up lied to you. It's

10:15

actually the first game of D&D I

10:17

ever played was when I was in

10:19

like third grade, one of my brothers

10:22

friends tried to run a game for

10:24

us. See? Yes, tried. Well, because I

10:26

think it's like I don't know what

10:29

everyone else was doing, but I do

10:31

know that I had no idea how

10:33

to play. No one explained it to

10:36

me. This is my older brother and

10:38

his like weird ass friends. And so

10:40

all I had done was flipped through

10:43

the monster manual and just looked at

10:45

pictures of the monsters that I really

10:47

thought looked cool. And I was like,

10:50

yeah, I'll play one of these, not

10:52

understanding anything. And we never even got

10:54

that far because I do. They literally

10:56

kicked us out. I don't know why

10:59

you have to bring your sister alone.

11:01

I feel like. Most first D&D games

11:03

are one of two. They're either that

11:06

or kind of mediocre. I don't think

11:08

I've ever met someone that was like,

11:10

the first game I ever played blew

11:13

my mind and it's never been good

11:15

since. No, it's usually terrible. I've told

11:17

the story in the past, but I

11:20

was probably 10, 11 or 12. And

11:22

there was a couple guys in my

11:24

Scout group that played D&D and we're

11:27

all into it, but we never really

11:29

sat, like there was a few times

11:31

we sat down with some six sided

11:34

die. kind of what it was but

11:36

it was never like from the book

11:38

yeah so but but it was because

11:41

he had read it but didn't have

11:43

it with us when we went on

11:45

our campaign to pretend anyways a long

11:47

story short is like you know we

11:50

all have our experience and it's kind

11:52

of it's kind of interesting playing proper

11:54

D&D though is this proper yeah I

11:57

mean not the way that we do

11:59

it official why do you like Dungeons

12:01

and Dragons specifically. Oh, I think that

12:04

we actually, I like Dungeons and Dragons

12:06

because I like the growth arc. aspect

12:08

of it. I really like the building

12:11

on characters and the relationships, the interpersonal

12:13

relationships of the party. I love when

12:15

somebody adopts an NBC and you know

12:18

then there's like there's you know connection

12:20

that develops there. Yeah and there's just

12:22

something about the heroic nature of it.

12:25

I mean it's in terms of escapist

12:27

fantasies actually being able to affect

12:29

positive change in a world

12:32

is kind of yes the

12:34

best it gets right totally

12:36

especially nowadays yeah needed so

12:38

much nowadays I can be

12:41

a hero I can solve

12:43

problems I can I can change

12:45

someone's life yeah I can own

12:47

a home But also there's just something

12:49

I've some of the biggest laughs

12:52

I've ever had some of the

12:54

like longest fits of Side splitting

12:56

laughter ever had have happened in

12:59

D&D games That's really

13:01

nice to learn a little bit

13:03

about you Yeah, and I'm so

13:05

glad that we get to introduce

13:08

you to our audience Yeah,

13:10

thank you Mostly that we

13:12

just get to have fun

13:14

together playing pretend fun. Yeah

13:17

Should we play some D&D?

13:19

Yeah, let's do it Through

13:24

the early evening drizzle you

13:26

make your way to the

13:29

center of town There is

13:31

a town square and There

13:34

are six stocks in the

13:36

town square one of them

13:38

is occupied by someone who

13:41

is unfortunately serving their punishment

13:43

in this drizzle across from

13:46

the stockade a grand theater

13:48

the lights are on inside

13:51

and The upper levels are

13:53

where Kerala gem star

13:56

calls home. Oh. As they pass

13:58

by the stockade. Tameel

14:00

says, Roger nods to the guy in

14:02

the... Tameel! And then points to the

14:05

grand theater there. Above that. Red, like,

14:07

walks up to the three of you

14:09

that's standing in front, you know, finishing

14:11

the last of his stew. He's like,

14:13

no. It looks really nice. No! I

14:15

can tell that she doesn't. Oh red,

14:17

oh red. You didn't eat that, did

14:19

you? No! Is it from the knives

14:22

hilt? A little bit? Yes, just a

14:24

little, I might have tried a little

14:26

bowl. He like hides the second hole

14:28

behind it. Red's gonna have to do

14:30

that thing where dogs have to like

14:32

drag their butt on the carpet. Bootskoo,

14:34

just skate in the boot. Well, she's

14:37

been here for a while, Red. I'm...

14:39

Sure she's visited with people that she's

14:41

met. Yeah, I spend a lot of

14:43

time at Alhamo. It is it is

14:45

her pet project and she has very

14:47

strict rules about behavior inside its walls.

14:49

Oh, were you reprimanded for bad behavior?

14:52

Um, you could say that. Hmm. Red

14:54

sort of like gives a cautious eye

14:56

to Tamil, like, believing that's half the

14:58

story. But it's like, oh cool, hey,

15:00

no worries, whatever, no stealing. I go,

15:02

oh god, my stomach is painful. Must

15:04

have been something I ate yesterday. Damn

15:07

berries. All right, I'll lead the way

15:09

to meal. I mean, this is your

15:11

town more than ours. As we leave

15:13

the stockade, Dorn sort of turns back

15:15

and says, see you later, Roger, Roger,

15:17

wings at you. suggestive. You're going to

15:19

want to be careful, especially if you

15:22

have any issues about being touched. Right,

15:24

off we go. Walks up to the

15:26

front door. You head up these wide

15:28

stone steps to a red set of...

15:30

of wooden double

15:32

doors. There are braziers

15:34

flaming blue flame

15:36

on either side of

15:39

these doors. And

15:41

underneath the braziers, there

15:43

are two doormen.

15:45

Are they shirtless? No.

15:47

For some reason,

15:49

I imagine her having

15:51

like shirtless, like

15:54

really hunky boys. You

15:56

know what mean?

15:58

are very hunky. Are

16:00

they doing a

16:02

strip show in there?

16:04

No, but like

16:06

her vibe seems like,

16:09

I don't know.

16:11

I imagine when we

16:13

meet her, she's

16:15

going to be on

16:17

like a Shea's

16:19

Lounge and like another

16:21

shirtless hunky boy

16:24

is going to hand

16:26

her like braids,

16:28

you know I mean?

16:30

I don't know.

16:32

She's the vibe. Draw

16:34

me. These doormen

16:36

give you all once

16:38

over and they

16:41

say, no weapons inside.

16:44

Oh. Come on. What are we going

16:46

to do? Especially not you. Oh. Surely

16:49

you wouldn't pot a young

16:51

tabaxi with his walking bow,

16:53

would you? Red

16:55

Lake takes the long bow off.

16:57

We've heard that a thousand times. Exactly

16:59

that. It's only a reference. That's,

17:02

Red turns it to me one more

17:04

time. They get references, I win.

17:06

Yeah, Red leans his long bow against

17:08

the wall. Yeah. There's special weapon

17:10

racks on the inside. It's like a

17:12

coat check kind of vibe because

17:14

this is an adventurer town where

17:17

they like lock up your

17:19

weapons for you and they give

17:21

you a ticket and stuff.

17:23

It's all very over the counter.

17:25

Oh, nice. True. I'll see

17:27

you soon, Asta. Red kisses his

17:29

bow and puts it down.

17:31

You hear Orc Splitter? No. Yeah.

17:33

You leave me. Doran's looking

17:35

really uncomfortable but leaving Orc Splitter

17:38

here. He turns to the

17:40

doorman and he's like, listen, haven't

17:42

you got a separate space

17:44

for any looks of the axe

17:46

and back up the doorman

17:48

for extra valuable, I mean this

17:50

is a one of a

17:52

kind. Do you realize this was

17:54

held by Thorough Flametown? I

17:56

don't know who that is, but...

17:59

That's okay. But my

18:01

point is if this was to

18:03

be a stolen, I mean, this

18:05

is pretty important. He

18:08

surreptitiously like holds out

18:10

his hand. Well, you gonna hold

18:12

on to it yourself? I'll take

18:14

extra good care. Oh, Doran pulls

18:17

five silver pieces out of his

18:19

pouch. He clears us throw it

18:22

at you a little bit. All

18:24

right. And five more. Yeah, he

18:26

takes it and nods at you.

18:28

Just keep an eye on it,

18:31

alright. Yeah. I'm not gonna tip

18:33

you, but if you fuck up

18:35

my bow, I'll kill you. So...

18:37

Red just like looks at a

18:39

dead in the eye. You guys

18:41

are gonna have... You are so

18:44

nothing to me. Great reputation.

18:46

Cool. I'll murder your

18:49

whole family. Whim signs

18:51

at him. He will have

18:53

seen him do it. Literally

18:56

an hour ago. Mm-hmm. Grand

18:58

Theater. The color red seems

19:00

to be throughout. Love this

19:03

girl's color scheme, just

19:05

want to say it. Red

19:07

carpets and gold pillars kind

19:10

of everywhere. There is a

19:12

ticket booth on the one

19:14

side. There's a large marble

19:17

staircase going up the other

19:19

side and... The lobby is

19:21

full of people in their

19:23

best clothes mingling around, definitely

19:26

trying to be seen by

19:28

each other. Doesn't seem like the

19:30

show has started yet. Tamil,

19:32

you know that to get

19:34

to Carilla's apartments, you're going

19:36

to have to go up

19:38

the side staircase. So this

19:40

feels like the kind of

19:42

place that would have just a

19:44

guy like standing against a

19:46

wall kind of survey, like

19:48

a floor manager vibe. Definitely.

19:51

Yeah, Tamil looks around for that

19:53

individual walks directly up to them

19:55

and says, we're here to see

19:57

Carilla. Do you have an appointment?

20:00

Of course we don't have an

20:02

appointment. I'm supposed to ask. Fair

20:04

enough. Did you do something with

20:06

your hair? You know. Was it

20:09

a breakup or just trying something

20:11

new? Um, little column A, little

20:13

column B. It's always someone. The

20:16

four of you? All right. Um,

20:18

follow me. She like breezes through

20:20

the lobby. Red whispers, said Tamil.

20:23

I feel like we're under-dressed. Believe

20:25

me, you don't want to fit

20:28

in with this crowd. Why? That

20:30

guy's handsome. It points to a

20:32

bust. It's like a stone marble,

20:35

like... Just a look of absolute

20:37

confusion before kind of shaking your

20:39

head and just following this individual.

20:42

Yeah, and as we walk through

20:44

dorms, we're looks around on the

20:46

crowd. Is this supposed to be

20:49

a tough crowd? Or is this

20:51

a fancy crowd? Or is this

20:53

a fancy crowd? A

20:56

stoop, Doran, a stoop. I

20:59

love playing Duchess and Dragons

21:01

with you. I had another

21:03

idea if it was a

21:05

tough looking crowd. Why don't

21:07

we want to be like

21:09

these people, Tomil? They seem

21:11

cool. They are taken in

21:14

a kind of... They take

21:16

advantage of people. The fighters

21:18

in the ring, the mismatch

21:20

that we saw earlier, very

21:22

likely it was some of

21:24

these folks who were responsible.

21:26

Oh, those bastards! It says

21:28

like echoes to the lobby.

21:31

Mm-hmm. You are led upstairs.

21:33

The furnishings here are no

21:35

less opulent than downstairs. In

21:37

fact, perhaps even more so,

21:39

not garish, but definitely expensive.

21:41

Through a long hallway and

21:43

up another spiral staircase, you

21:46

are brought to the private

21:48

quarters of Kerala gemstar. A

21:50

door is quietly knocked upon

21:52

some words. Some words are...

21:54

exchanged in hushed voices, and

21:56

then double doors are are

21:58

both open magnificently to a

22:00

huge room. There are exotic

22:03

plants here. There are pieces

22:05

of overstuffed furniture, and the

22:07

walls are cluttered with expensive

22:09

artwork. In the midst of

22:11

it all, Carilla Gemstar reclines

22:13

on a chaise lounge. holding

22:15

a goblet of brandy. Her

22:18

spiky red hair and gold

22:20

suit no less resplendent than

22:22

when you had seen her

22:24

from afar this afternoon. Tour

22:26

do I owe the honor?

22:28

Hello, Carilla. We have some

22:30

questions for you if you

22:32

have time before the show

22:35

starts. Hi Carilla, my name

22:37

is Red. This is my

22:39

best friend Dawn and my

22:41

best friend whim and my

22:43

new best friend Tamil. Hello.

22:45

Charmed, I'm sure. Nice to

22:47

see, uh, another prominent dwarf

22:50

around here. And he sort

22:52

of gives her a nod,

22:54

like, uh, you know, you

22:56

know, one of those, dwarvin

22:58

nods. You know, classic dwarvin

23:00

nod. Classic dwarvin nod. Yeah.

23:02

Carilla, we were hoping to

23:05

have some information about, um,

23:07

some comings and goings within

23:09

Dead Snows. We're wondering if

23:11

you've heard anything about, uh...

23:13

Perhaps someone who escaped a

23:15

slaver? Yeah. She stands up

23:17

from her chaise lounge and

23:19

slowly walks over to where

23:22

the four of you are

23:24

standing and then she kind

23:26

of paces around you looking

23:28

you up and down all

23:30

over. Maybe, maybe not. Hmm.

23:32

Ah, it's like that, is

23:34

it? Hey, isn't a Mastican

23:37

fan? Red walks over, like,

23:39

to one of the plants

23:41

and starts, like, touching it.

23:43

Did you get this from

23:45

Mastica? It is. How? That's

23:47

crazy. Isn't it? They don't

23:49

even like the journey across

23:51

the water. No, they wouldn't.

23:54

I didn't. I come from

23:56

Mastic. too. You don't say?

23:58

I do! Look, it might

24:00

have been a few people.

24:02

You seem to know everything,

24:04

the comings and going and

24:06

whatnot, and you know, oh

24:09

what a fancy party downstairs,

24:11

you clearly know fanciness, and

24:13

we don't. So, we were

24:15

thinking, if people who know

24:17

things, you, knew of people

24:19

that passed through, that maybe

24:21

they would have smelt a

24:23

brimstone, would have come from

24:26

the north, and probably needle

24:28

a hand getting themselves back

24:30

on their feet before going.

24:32

You know, maybe some fighters,

24:34

you know, looking for a

24:36

bit of spare coin, because

24:38

they would have had nothing.

24:41

Red says, like, realizing it

24:43

as he's saying it, to

24:45

Doran and to Miel and

24:47

Wim. He's like, what I'm

24:49

saying makes sense. Look, what

24:51

do you need? What do

24:53

you need from you? Well...

24:55

If you look around, you

24:58

see a woman like me,

25:00

it doesn't tend to need

25:02

a lot in this world.

25:04

But you. Tamil. I feel

25:06

like I've been seeing a

25:08

lot of you lately. Well,

25:10

I do enjoy the fights.

25:13

Yes, you do, don't you?

25:15

Very invested in them, are

25:17

we? I was just looking

25:19

for- Don't play stupid with

25:21

me. I know exactly what

25:23

you're up to. Well, then

25:25

I suppose there's no point

25:27

in playing coy, as I

25:30

know exactly what you're up

25:32

to as well. Ah, but

25:34

I'm a businesswoman. I suppose

25:36

that's one... one thing you

25:38

could call it. When you

25:40

think about it, I employ

25:42

dozens, hundreds of people. Think

25:45

about the doormen downstairs, the

25:47

people taking tickets that- And

25:49

the vendors, those meat sugar

25:51

sticks were delicious. Did you

25:53

like them? I love them.

25:55

Doran thought they were too

25:57

sweet, but he's got a

26:00

terrible taste, but he likes

26:02

bland food. You see, I

26:04

am an industry. Do you

26:06

know how much it... costs

26:08

to have the weather controlled

26:10

so that a storm comes

26:12

in and breaks up a

26:14

fight? I thought that storm

26:17

was rather quick. The odds

26:19

astronomical. But you, you've been

26:21

changing things, haven't you? Well,

26:23

again, I suppose there's no

26:25

reason for fipping at this

26:27

point. Yes, of course. You

26:29

asked me to think of

26:32

all of the... vendors and

26:34

the Dorman, but my mind

26:36

immediately goes to the poor

26:38

souls who walk into the

26:40

ring expecting to be able

26:42

to use their skills in

26:44

a match that actually makes

26:46

some sort of sense. Walk

26:49

into the ring expecting that

26:51

they have a chance. And

26:53

instead they're met with something

26:55

else. Something, what? To line

26:57

the pockets of the already

26:59

filthy rich? Oh. Come now.

27:01

Children get sick and die

27:04

every day. Is that fair?

27:06

Ships sink in the sea

27:08

of swords every day. Is

27:10

that fair? Money comes and

27:12

goes. People deserving are penniless.

27:14

And people like me, well,

27:16

look at all I have.

27:18

Carilla, you are many things,

27:21

but you are not stupid.

27:23

I know that you can

27:25

appreciate the difference between the...

27:27

Unfairness that comes from just

27:29

the suffering of life. The

27:31

chaos that is existence. And

27:33

the unfairness that comes from

27:36

direct intervention with an attempt

27:38

to improve one's station or

27:40

status. Yes, direct intervention. Putting

27:42

a finger on the scale,

27:44

should we say. I am

27:46

as guilty of that as

27:48

you are. Oh, she's got

27:50

you there, Tamil. Just a

27:53

look, just a shoot, a

27:55

look. Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry.

27:57

Same team, Red. Right, right,

27:59

right. Let's say. for an

28:01

instant that I knew not

28:03

just what you were talking

28:06

about, but where you

28:08

could go to find those

28:10

people. Oh, tell us please,

28:12

that's why we're here. Yes.

28:15

What would you do for

28:17

me? Well, I suppose the

28:19

thing that you don't have

28:22

is control over me.

28:24

Hmm. I like that, I like

28:26

that. I'll make you a deal.

28:29

You tell us what we

28:32

need to know. And I

28:34

will never show my

28:36

face in dead snow

28:38

again. Tempting. You

28:41

know what? I accept.

28:43

It's your lucky day.

28:46

As long as you walk

28:48

out this door. And

28:50

I never see you again.

28:53

I'll tell you what

28:55

you want to know.

28:58

But trust my words if

29:00

I ever see you in

29:02

dead snows again You will be

29:04

dead before nightfall Does

29:07

that is that applied to

29:09

us as well? Just at

29:11

a curiosity. I just is

29:14

it like the group or

29:16

just one to clarify there

29:18

is a slave encampment.

29:21

Yeah, fair just outside of

29:23

the city walls I

29:26

believe they're in the woods to

29:28

the southwest somewhere. Hmm. Sounds like

29:30

probably who we're looking for. Listen,

29:33

I tried to get them to

29:35

join Alhamore, but for some reason,

29:37

none of them were very interested

29:40

in fighting for sport. Lady, you

29:42

tried to get slaves who

29:44

escaped a fire giant fortress to

29:46

fight for you? Some of them are

29:48

seasoned. You're an asshole lady. Okay.

29:51

Now that we got what we

29:53

need, I can say to you.

29:55

You're an... Asshole God respect to

29:57

you Tamil for biting your tongue

29:59

this lady Sucks! Oh, I've been

30:01

through this before with her. It

30:03

just doesn't affect her at all.

30:06

Look, she seems to enjoy it

30:08

a little. Please, understand me. I'm

30:10

not going to let you just

30:12

stand here and disrespect me. So,

30:15

if we're done... It ain't disrespective,

30:17

it's truth, lady, and I like

30:19

your hair. The door, right there.

30:22

Red walks over the mask to

30:24

confirm and pulls one of the

30:26

leas. Oh! Gods, gods! It's meant

30:28

to be eating anyway, and he

30:31

puts in his mouth. Let's go.

30:33

Supernot, it's poisonous. Fortunately, you ate

30:35

that stew, so now it's counteracting.

30:38

It's like... Poison's counteracting, I'm sure

30:40

of it! Can't get double poisoned!

30:42

Doran, just before leaving, looks at

30:44

her dead knee-eye and says, just

30:47

so you know, I had a

30:49

lot more respect for you before

30:51

I met you. You give a

30:54

bad name for our kind. He

30:56

turns and walks out. Shoe wingsy.

30:58

Ooh, I don't like her. Gross.

31:01

Let's go. As you are led

31:03

down to the lobby out of

31:05

Carilla's personal apartments, you see that

31:07

the show has started inside and

31:10

the lobby is empty of revelers.

31:12

Let's get out of here. It's

31:14

too stuffy. You can say that

31:17

again. Doran looks around for the

31:19

doorman that's keeping an eye on

31:21

his weapon. He's just like in

31:23

a side room like, hi-ya-huh-huh! Like

31:26

testing out Ork splitter? Tamila walks

31:28

into the side room and smacks

31:30

him up the back of the

31:33

head. What are you doing? It's

31:35

like a valet who's like... Give

31:37

me that. Test driving the cars,

31:39

you know what I mean? Yeah.

31:42

Oh man, you're embarrassing. Red picks

31:44

up his long bow and puts

31:46

it in his back. Yeah, and

31:49

heads outside with the others. Well

31:51

look, I'm sorry you had to

31:53

go through that to meal, but

31:55

I really appreciate you. I'll give

31:58

up all this for the cause,

32:00

in a way. It's strangely become

32:02

a little like home. or a

32:05

home. home. It was where I

32:07

landed after I lost everything that

32:09

I had and it's strange to

32:11

feel connected to it now. I'm

32:14

sorry that you had to trade

32:16

this off just for some information.

32:18

But I'm hopeful that, you know,

32:21

you'll find another new home, somewhere

32:23

that's more homey than this home.

32:25

Homier than home. Home. Home. Home.

32:27

Homeier than home. Home. Home. Home.

32:30

Home. Home. Home. Home. Home. Home.

32:32

Home. Home. Home. Home. Home. There

32:34

are greater injustices in the world

32:37

than one crooked fighting ring. Hmm.

32:39

Yeah. It's amazing she's only 16,

32:41

isn't it? I didn't actually... Yeah,

32:43

she said there's a lot of

32:46

injustices. She said there's a... Yeah,

32:48

more than just a broken fighting

32:50

ring. We'll communicate for... Yeah, you'll

32:53

pick it up over time. Very

32:55

wise. Well, thank you nonetheless. It

32:57

was still a lot. And, hey,

32:59

I'm with you. But you know

33:02

what? I find... Home can be

33:04

every night under the stars, like

33:06

you said, you know? Yeah. And,

33:09

uh, we'll have plenty more homes

33:11

before the journey's done. Yeah, it's

33:13

just a... it's just a stupid

33:15

town. Tamil walks over to the

33:18

Star-Cades, breaks the lock on Rogers.

33:20

Off you go, Roger. Oh! Hi,

33:22

thanks! Hey! You hear a voice

33:25

echoing from the top floor of

33:27

the apartments above the theater. I

33:29

still see you down there. Oh,

33:32

I guess you meant like right

33:34

away. Okay. Well, what are you

33:36

watching us? Yes. Chop, chop. To

33:38

me, there's a little wave that

33:41

slowly turns into a middle finger.

33:43

Yeah. Red flips are double birds.

33:45

All right. Let's get out of

33:48

here to the southwest. And the

33:50

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33:52

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34:00

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