Old Habits Die Hard Part Three, The old dog practices new habits Options

[haute ecole rider]

Here is the first of a third thread for Old Habits Die Hard. I appreciate all of you staying with Julian and I this far, and hope you stick with us to the end!

For those who want to go back to the beginning, here you go:
Old Habits Die Hard Chapters 1 - 7
Old Habits Die Hard Chapters 8 - 13

[Acadian]

Fun and variety!

They had the scruffy appearance of bandits, but I wanted to be sure.

Ah, the dilemma of not quite being sure of a stranger's intentions at a distance. See, this is what Buffy admires so much about Julian. She has the courage and skills to confront threats head on.

I cast Carandial’s cleansing spell on myself to remove the blood.

If I didn't mention it when Carandial introduced this spell back in Bravil, let me say now how clever I think it is.

“You stay here,” I whispered to Paint. He blinked a round brown eye at me before he dropped his head and rubbed his nose on the inside of his foreleg. He shook his head, the motion traveling down his neck into his body, until even his legs shuddered. Then he blew at me. I smiled at his antics and turned west, finding a path that wound uphill among boulders and twisted trees.

Ah, I am feverishly taking notes as I read a passage like this - crafted by the grand mistress of horses herself. *where is that darn twirl emoticon?*

I could make you eat your own fingers. Or fall in love with a cloud.

This piece of dialogue in game is absolutely among my very favorites.

Something tells me Julian will not be terribly impressed with the task Sheo has in mind.