There is to be no killing here. No maiming or injury. The apparatus you see before you will allow you to seize control of another person’s body.”T...his has to be a joke, right? A cursory glance around you reveals nobody else is laughing. “30 seconds after I finish speaking, the barriers will descend. From that point on, you are on your own. Fight, scheme and resist with all of your will. Only one champion walks away from this arena. May you Possess the most favourable of odds, one and all.” And. We made it out of there... alive." Hadvar said between gasps for breath. Carthalo leaned against a boulder, listening for the dragon's roars which grew steadily further and further away "I think we're in the clear." I just... a dragon!" Hadvar said with a tone of even greater disbelief."Should we go back, now that it's gone?" Carthalo asked."I don't think so." said Hadvar "Probably best if we get as far away from here as possible. That dragon might return and the Jarls need to be warned. Lets. I watched him interact with several and found him to be smooth and easy going. That was my impression of him to, so I guess he was real. We moved to a table and Bill ordered burgers and onion rings for both of us with a cold beer. I relaxed back and looked around. I watched several nice looking women move in on some of the guys and concluded that they were pros. When I mentioned it to Bill, he just nodded affirmatively and let it go. Fine with me.While I was downing the burger, I saw a woman. Shit, that damned pistol was heavy, but not as heavy at that shotgun what Ma favored. It was a muzzle-loading flintlock, too, but I was right proud of it, since it could kill most anythin' I was likely ta shoot at. The schoolteacher made me leave it at the door. I think that he was afraid I might think ill of him an' fergit myself.Well, it was 1859 and the secession and slavery questions was rattlin' around and about the countryside. My Pa did not pay much mind ta that kind of talk. He always.