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littlemanpoet · 09-15-2006, 08:46 AM

"If they tried, we wouldn't let them. Would we, Master Falco?" Garmund looked at him, his eyes pleading.

Falco Boffin had the wits to put two and two together, and the force of character to make a thing or two happen, not to mention certain skills of hand, foot, and eye that could come in handy to force an issue now and then. He'd even killed a villain tried to set hisself up as the next dark lord; well, not quite singlehanded, but close as made no difference: Eodwine owed him, and on this particular matter he'd collect or he wasn't Falco.

"As soon they try moving that ol' Meduseld off its hill," Falco replied easily. Garmund grinned. Lefun and Ritun exchanged eyebrow raised glances, then turned to Falco.

"Safe is this place then?" asked Lefun.

"Its lord is a good man and owes me a favor for I saved his life once, and I mean to make him pay if it means taking you in as it's the right thing to do, if you understand me."

"This lord," said Ritun, speaking for the first time in an even more gravelly voice than his brother, "big he be?"

"Aye, big as Thornden, but good."

"And my father saved his life too! So he owes us both!" Garmund put in.

Lefun and Ritun grinned, showing their long ugly teeth and sore gums. Falco put his hand over his mouth and nose to ward off the smell of decay coming from the two mouths.

"What's the matter with your mouths?" Garmund asked innocently.

"They hurts," said both twins at once. "Eating be hard," added Lefun. Ritun nodded.

"You ought too have been cleanin' 'em all these years," Falco said. "See, you take a piece of bark from this here tree-" Just then Falco heard the heavy thud of man-sized feet coming back up the path. Half a moment later Garmund and the twins heard too. "Shh!" Falco shushed them. They stayed quiet as Thornden and Trystan passed them by. They were talking and so drowned out the noise of the brush around them. When they had passed, Falco said, "We need to get back or there'll be no end of Thornden tisking me for puttin' Garmund in danger. You two stay here an' I'll be back soon as I can! Come, Garmund!"

09-15-2006, 08:46 AM	#558
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	"If they tried, we wouldn't let them. Would we, Master Falco?" Garmund looked at him, his eyes pleading. Falco Boffin had the wits to put two and two together, and the force of character to make a thing or two happen, not to mention certain skills of hand, foot, and eye that could come in handy to force an issue now and then. He'd even killed a villain tried to set hisself up as the next dark lord; well, not quite singlehanded, but close as made no difference: Eodwine owed him, and on this particular matter he'd collect or he wasn't Falco. "As soon they try moving that ol' Meduseld off its hill," Falco replied easily. Garmund grinned. Lefun and Ritun exchanged eyebrow raised glances, then turned to Falco. "Safe is this place then?" asked Lefun. "Its lord is a good man and owes me a favor for I saved his life once, and I mean to make him pay if it means taking you in as it's the right thing to do, if you understand me." "This lord," said Ritun, speaking for the first time in an even more gravelly voice than his brother, "big he be?" "Aye, big as Thornden, but good." "And my father saved his life too! So he owes us both!" Garmund put in. Lefun and Ritun grinned, showing their long ugly teeth and sore gums. Falco put his hand over his mouth and nose to ward off the smell of decay coming from the two mouths. "What's the matter with your mouths?" Garmund asked innocently. "They hurts," said both twins at once. "Eating be hard," added Lefun. Ritun nodded. "You ought too have been cleanin' 'em all these years," Falco said. "See, you take a piece of bark from this here tree-" Just then Falco heard the heavy thud of man-sized feet coming back up the path. Half a moment later Garmund and the twins heard too. "Shh!" Falco shushed them. They stayed quiet as Thornden and Trystan passed them by. They were talking and so drowned out the noise of the brush around them. When they had passed, Falco said, "We need to get back or there'll be no end of Thornden tisking me for puttin' Garmund in danger. You two stay here an' I'll be back soon as I can! Come, Garmund!"