"I am still Tobias!"

"I am Tobias. I suppose I am to believe thou art someone important."

"I am too young to have a job. I just help my mother on the farm."

"Her name is Camille. She speaks of thee. Or rather she speaks of the Avatar, is what I meant to say. Some people in town think she is mad because she still believes in the Eight Virtues."

"Thou hast already met her."

"But thanks to thee I have more respect for her beliefs."

"Art thou truly the Avatar?"

"My mother once took me to the Shrine of Sacrifice when I was younger. That was soon after my father died so I do not remember it very well.

I do not think it is there anymore, for she never talks about going back.

I think that perhaps she does not want to mention it because there are so many in town who belong to The Fellowship. And because it makes her sad."

"My mother grows grain."

"Dost thou not know a farm when thou dost see one?"

"Surely thou canst find the farm. It is just north of the shelter."

Tobias looks at you as if he thinks you are a bit dim.

"She sells grain to Thurston the miller from time to time so that we may go to the pub or buy milk at the dairy every once in a while, but we usually just grow crops to keep ourselves fed."

"It's that place just south of here. It's run by The Fellowship."

"He is one of the few people in town that I like. He is nice to us."

"The dairy is south of the shelter. Andrew -- the man who runs the dairy -- his father was friends with my father."

For the first time he looks you in the eye. "I hate The Fellowship! The only other person in town mine own age is that cretin Garritt and it is all he ever talks about! He is always trying to convince my mother to join." He clenches his fist angrily. "Please do not mention them again."

"Those bloody Fellowship people know that everyone is never more than a meal away from being penniless. They say that they want us to join immediately because the shelter is intended to help only Fellowship members. If we ever need to live there they may have to turn us away in favor of other Fellowship members."

"There is a thief running free in Paws! He stole silver serpent venom from Morfin, owner of the slaughterhouse. No one knows who he is."

"I do not know anything about the stolen venom. I am falsely accused!"

"That is right! Garritt did it. I just know it. He was in my room the other day when I came in from the fields. He said he was looking for a ball, but I do not believe him. Thou canst believe me or not, I do not care. But if thou art truly the Avatar, thou wilt know I am telling the truth."

You tell Tobias how you discovered that Garritt was the thief. "Thank thee, <AvatarName>, for not believing I was the guilty one. I am not sure if thou art truly the real Avatar but thou dost certainly have the way of the Avatar about thee."

"He is the only other boy in town anywhere near mine age. His parents do not want him playing with me because they think that 'associating with those kind of people' will 'hamper his education' or some such rubbish. I cannot stand the little bastard. And I hate the way he plays those stinking whistle panpipes!"

"That spoiled brat Garritt must have planted the venom in my room! He is usually lounging about, even if his parents disapprove of him playing with me. I know he is up to something no good! Thou shouldst look in HIS room!"

"Goodbye, Avatar. Good luck to thee." END

"Be on thy way then, o great and wise Avatar." END