"Thou mayest call me Cairbre, AVATAR."

"I am a sell-sword. But at the moment, I am trying to help my friend regain his senses."

"I was not about to let Cosmo venture down here by himself. So, I offered to accompany him, as did Kallibrus."

He points to the gargoyle.

"He is a comrade in arms of mine, and also a friend of Cosmo's. I have yet to meet a more trustworthy companion, for he more than disproves all the rumors about gargoyles."

"'Tis a long story. Cosmo is looking for the unicorn that supposedly inhabits this cavern." He looks you in the eye and shrugs.

"He is a fool."

<Cosmo> "I heard that, Cairbre!"

"The unicorn is traditionally a way to prove the purity of a young maiden. However, less commonly known is that it will also reveal a young man's, uh, lack of, um, wild oats."

"Ophelia does not love him! She simply sent him on this quest to be rid of him. I doubt she expects him to find the unicorn, let alone return to her."

"He met her in Jhelom. She was serving in the Bunk and Stool. Apparently it was `love at first sight,' as he calls it."

"The nature of her request is quite ironic, for I would expect that the unicorn would have shunned her quite some time ago. He is not to her tastes, I would imagine, and, were he to truly know her, she would not be to his. But, alas, love is blind, as they say."

"I do not know who `they' are, but that is what they say, is it not?"

"'Til next time, AVATAR." END