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..C..4.....Y. ARE IN THE MONEYLENDER'S T
ENT. IT IS LARGE AND OPULENT. THE WALLS
ARE OF STRIPED SILK, AND THE FLOOR IS CO
VERED WITH OVERSTUFFED STRIPED PILLOWS M
ADE OF SATIN AND CLOTH-OF-GOLD. TO THE W
EST IS THE BAZAAR. IN A CORNER STANDS A
BRAZIER WHICH PRODUCES THICK CLOUDS OF I
NCENSE. A BALD GIANT HOLDING A SCIMITAR
STANDS BESIDE IT. SEATED ON A MAHOGANY T
ASORET IN FRONT OF THE GIANT IS KALLUS T
HE MONEYLENDER..KALLUS CHUCKLES. "AH, YE
S, A LOAN." HE GESTURES THEATRICALLY AND
THE GIANT STEPS FORWARD, HOLDING A JEWE
LED CASK. "I WILL LEND YOU 50 TALMAS. YO
U WILL PAY ME BACK VERY, VERY, SOON, YES
? ... IN FULL, WITH 10 TALMAS EXTRA FOR
MY TROUBLE... OR MY COLLEAGUE WILL HAVE
TO CUT OFF YOUR HEADS.".THE MONEYLENDER'
S FACE LIGHTS UP. "YOU WISH TO GIVE ME M
ONEY? HOW CHARMING! I KNEW YOU WOULDN'T
LET ME DOWN." HE WATCHES CLOSELY AS YOU
COUNT THE TALMAS INTO HIS OUTSTREACHED P
ALM..KALLUS IS ENRAGED. "YOU DARE TRY TO
CHEAT ME?!" BEFORE YOU CAN MOVE, THE MO
NEYLENDER'S ESTEEMED COLLEAGUE CUTS OFF
YOUR HEADS. YOU ARE DEAD..YOU DECIDE THA
T 60 TALMAS ARE ENOUGH TO OWE..HAWKWIND
PREVENTS YOU FROM GIVING MONEY HERE THAT
YOU DO NOT OWE. "IT MAY BE AN AID AS WE
SEARCH FOR THE DRAGON.".. "YOU MUST REP
AY THIS MONEY IN FULL. YOU STILL HAVE TI
ME, BUT IT IS RUNNING OUT! GO, AND RETUR
N SOON.".KALLU.SLOWLY, YOU WAKE UP. YOU
REALISE WHY YOU ARE HERE.. YOU OWE KALLU
S 60 TALMAS. YOU HAVE .NO. TALMAS..YOU O
WE 60 TALMAS; YOU HAVE .NONE...."I HOPE
YOU HAVE COME TO REPAY ME."."PERHAPS WE
CAN DO BUSINESS AGAIN AFTER YOU HAVE REP
AID THIS LOAN."."WOULD YOU LIKE A LOAN?"
."THEN I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY TO YOU.".TH
E GUARD STEPS FORWARD. YOU STEP BACK....
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