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N E > > N F +N G 4 N I ( Sorry, what is done cannot be undone. N J N K N L M N @ " D @ 2.2.4lN W\b\b\(WARNING! This game requires the TADS run-time version 2.2.4 or higher. You appear to be using an older version of the TADS run-time. You can still attempt to run this game, but the game's screen display may not work properly. If you experience any problems, you should try upgrading to the latest version of the TADS run-time.\)\b\bN N N \t Another sleepy day passes within the warm confines of the wayhouse tavern. In accordance, the resident drunkard dozes at a table at the edges of the room. Bright sunshine streams in from the open windows and doors, leaving half the room in light while the rest is cast in dim grayness. A young maiden serenely sips at her drink in this darkness. Perhaps she shall prove to be interesting. \b And so two old men sit on stiff wooden benches in front of the flickering hearthfire and gossip loudly to each other. You are one of the shadows that lays pooled beneath their table's legs.\b "There be gold in those hills," sighs one of the old men dreamily.\b "I thought you just said it was jewels in the forest?" replies the other old man.\b "As I said, gold in the forest..."\b "Gold?" says the maiden as she leans forward.\b "Aye, and more treasures than you can rightly imagine. But the sticky wicket is that it all belongs to the fey. "N !# N " N C
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