[GM] "Perhaps you fine people do not wish to speak of your mission," he says, "but most assuredly you can bring us some news of the outside world. Our contacts are intermittent, and word from other places fills us with pleasure." Despite the request, he does not look the sort of man that is ignorant of the world. [/GM] [Ted] "We bring news only of war and unhappiness in distant places," Ted answers. "As you can guess, each of us is conditioned in our own way to the rigors of combat. Perhaps it would serve you better to share with us your experience and we can fill in the details with what we have seen." That said, the lizard man addresses Talas telepathically, inquiring whether had had any way of deciphering Bruth's true nature and intentions. [/Ted]