(Sean & Eljara — Dialogue)

Sean:
“It was funny for about three seconds.”

Eljara:
“Yes.”

Sean:
“And after that?”

Eljara:
“It stayed.”

Sean:
“That’s the wrong part.”

Eljara:
“Yes.”

Sean:
“A joke should pass.”

Eljara:
“Yes.”

Sean:
“This one didn’t.”

Eljara:
“No.”

Sean:
“The boy changed the rules in the middle of the game.”

Eljara:
“Yes.”

Sean:
“And the others laughed.”

Eljara:
“Yes.”

Sean:
“Then they accepted it.”

Eljara:
“Yes.”

Sean:
“That’s cheap.”

Eljara:
“No.”

Sean:
“No?”

Eljara:
“Cheap still admits value.”

Sean:
“And this didn’t?”

Eljara:
“No.”

Eljara:
“It only needed momentum.”

Sean:
“The merchant had it too.”

Eljara:
“With the weights.”

Sean:
“Yes.”

Eljara:
“Yes.”

Sean:
“He made the lie look casual.”

Eljara:
“Yes.”

Sean:
“And that was enough.”

Eljara:
“It often is.”

Sean:
“That’s rotten.”

Eljara:
“Yes.”

Sean:
“Why does laughter help it?”

Eljara:
“Because people forgive what arrives smiling.”

Sean:
“And by the time they stop smiling?”

Eljara:
“It already belongs.”

Sean:
“So that’s the trick.”

Eljara:
“No.”

Sean:
“No?”

Eljara:
“That’s the door.”

Sean:
“And the trick?”

Eljara:
“That no one remembers closing it.”

(Silence)

Sean:
“Then what still counts as a rule?”

(Pause)

Eljara:
“Only the one someone is willing to defend after everyone else has decided to laugh.”

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System: Warhammer Fantasy Roleplaying Game — The Old World

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