"Then this will be quite the exciting hunt, won't it?"

"It'll be up there. This could be the edge we needed."

"I do believe so. He certainly won't see all of us coming - especially if we move fast, now."

"Do you know where he is?"

"We have a good idea, by now - we've been focusing on cutting off places he can go to ground, since we got his scent."

"Ah, good."

"We'll want to know something of what you two can do, and share our own talents, but I see no strong reason to delay past that."

"Speaking personally, a night of sleep would be pleasant."

"We can certainly pause that long."

"Many thanks."

"Would you like a feast as well? Or something quieter?"

"I have not the energy for a grand party."

"Quiet it is, then - and the people who've been accompanying us lately are rather used to Shade, so I suspect they won't be too rambunctious for your tastes, even if you're more widely introduced around."

"I suppose alts must be convenient like that."

"We all seem to have the same good tastes."

"In women, at least."

"I'll admit to having especially exceptional taste there."

Hee.

Fond grin at Shade, then: "So it seems we should turn in for the night, and resume our hunt in the morning?"

"It does seems so. Have you accomodations, or are we roughing it?"

"We've been sleeping under the stars. I suppose I could find you a bed in a human village, but they're dreadfully behind the times."

"They don't even have books."

"Oh dear."

She giggles. "Maybe you should aim for a world that's just libraries next," she says, teasingly.

"That would be a sight. I bet they'd have great organization schemes."