#bergen_county

"Dull might not be so bad. We had a lot of drama."

"First, there was this body swapping wizard, then the genie... oh, hey, what do you know about the Fire inanimae?"

"Solimoids, the great traitors who taught the secrets of Krofting too freely to mortal kind..." The GLome Frowns "Some say they have learned their lessons, and they never knowingly lie, but one must becareful of them. I do not trust them lightly"

"There's one of the fire folk about?" Neera says intrigued "I'd love to meet one"

"In the forest, yeah. Fighting to get the lamp."

"This is..troubling" He ponders

"The lamp grants power? Interesting.. a genie..." Neera says "One must words the wishes carefully. Though in this world I'm surprised they work as well."

"Hmph."

"Well, Adam got wishes, he took the lamp."

"Good for him" Neera says "he advances himself"

"And a Solminoid denied is not often a bad thing, though they do not take it well" Klump ponders

"There was also a bad satyr fighting with him."

"So - better that Adam gets to be a damn sidhe than either of them get it."

"Next thing you know, he'll be heir to the Lodge."

The GLome shakes his head "no. He will be sidhe.. he may become great... but he will not get the lodge. He does not understand the connection to the land. The Dancingsnow would be a superior choice to him there... say what you will about Varich but they understand that connection. Better still it remain with the trolls ,who know what it is to watch over a place ready to use your strength. If he becomes heir.." A steady voice "I will depose him."

Neera stares at Klump as if he's grown a new head

"You never get involved in anything" she says

"I get involved when it is time to get involved, and then, I leave my impact" Klump says

"Nadeen will find a place, We're going to quest, I'll help her."

"Perhaps she'll want a glome of her own" She says, then looks to Klump "Surely I'm ready to go soon on my own?"

"A few decades more and you will be ready. " he nods

"DECADES?" Her voice hits a shrill pitch

"Glomes are like Ents. You're going to live for centuries, yeah?"

"If not millenia..."

"I am NOT waiting DECADES" Arms crossed

"Impatience, the curse of youth" Klump tisks

"Well, think about how much you can learn in a decade."

"Then, like, in a few decades, getting access to the deep secrets of the bedrock - things no mortal could breach in a lifespan."

"I am not waiting decades" NEera repeats

Klump sighs

Dagmar frowns a little. "We wanted very much to save you."

"You did save me, and I'm grateful," Neera says

"I think it must be very difficult to adjust to being nearly immortal."

"Well. I dont' mind being iMMORTAL" She says then a brow "Are you trying to encourage me to be patient by pointing out I'm going t olive longer than some dwarves?"

"Well, yeah."

Brow-furrow. "Does Dragonlance have ents?"

"I think so..but that could be a cross shift in the dreaming's mist memory" A sigh "Sometimes i can't remember what the purpose of Gully Dwarves was"

"Yeah, I don't like it when memories get fuzzy, either."

"But still - ents are like Kubera, and you'll live longer than that."

"mm" She says "Fine fine I'll consider things as they come along"

"The best I can hope for, thank you" Klump says "I promise you. There is power in patience"

"Like water, yeah?"

"Water will make a canyon."

"Mmm" Klump says "Not a comfortable example for those made of stone"

"Mm. Point. Sorry."

"What about mountains? They don't collide fast, neither."

"True" He nods "The dance of the great one goes unnoticed by most"

"I saw the Mountain dancing with the Chief the other night.. they didn't see me but..." Neera says then throws in "It's a joke"

Dag grins, a little.

"Mmm he loves like stone... deep roots, strong support...lending his strength silently"