[SIZE=18]Buntue, Frillon, and Jeebuz relax at their favorite watering hole, doing what people do when there is ale and time to kill.
"But I just don't get it, Frillon. Aren't those dragon-men-things from Kuhl?"
"That's what they say."
"I hear they got real forked tongues and wings and everything! What do they call 'em again? Dragos?"
"Drachs. They call 'em drachs."
"Yeeeah.... wooowee! Would I like to see one up close, by Allurial."
"Who cares what they're called! They attacked Hlint! I have a cousin lives there, and I don't even know if he's dead or alive."
"The Queen's army fought off the invaders, and are making sure Hlint has enough food and shelter and protection. Your cousin's fine. He wasn't in the militia anyway."
"Hee hee! That's for sure. Your cousin couldn't fight his way out of a haystack. He can sure put down the pie, though, har!"
"Shut up, Jeebuz. Look, I just don't get it. Aren't we supposed to, you know, declare war on things that attack us? This is the second time we've been attacked by the drag... er, the drach-things. The second time!
"Declare war? Think about what you're saying, Buntue. Do you want to go fight those things?"
"Well, no. But that's what we have an army for, right? You'd think after two times of being attacked the Queen would have something to say about it. It's like we're just sitting ducks waiting to be attacked again."
"And what happens if the army isn't big enough? They're going to draft, Buntue. Make regular folk like us become fodder to protect the real soldiers."
"At least we'd have a better chance to live with some training and real weapons. If the Kuhlites attacked us right now, we wouldn't stand a chance. Shouldn't the Queen at least declare them as enemies or something? I just don't see how she's doing a blooming thing to stop these drach-things from coming back and killing Trelanians. This is worse than the Blood War!"
"Are you nuts? This is not worse than the Blood War. Lost half my family in the Blood War. Eaten by demons, I tell you."
"Hehehehehe.... he said worse than the Blood War.... hehehehe....."
"Shut up, Jeebuz. Look, I'm sorry about your family, Frillon, but that means you should know how I feel. We have to do something. And if our own Queen won't declare war on the... the... things... killing her people, killing us, then who will?"[/SIZE]
