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Wednesday, 29 June, 2005

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\|`........ --``........ \|.....ii... ---------........*. .....*........... .................... ..:..@.............. ----..........------ \|.......*..\| i "How goes Newtrunner?" i "Alas, he is the poorest of my students."	\|`........ --``........ \|.....ii... ---------........*. .....*........... .................... ......:..@.......... ----..........------ \|.......*..\| i "His inability to acquire even basic combat skills is saddening."	\|`........ --``........ \|.....ii... ---------........*. .....*........... .................... ..........:..@...... ----..........------ \|.......*..\| i "He should have died many times over..."
\|`........ --``........ \|.....ii... ---------........*. .....*........... .................... ..............:..@.. ----..........------ \|.......*..\| i "...wereIn 1573, the Parliament of Dole published a decree, permitting the inhabitants of the Franche-Comte to pursue and kill a were-wolf or loup-garou, which infested that province, "notwithstanding the existing laws concerning the chase." The people were empowered to "assemble with javelins, halberds, pikes, arquebuses and clubs, to hunt and pursue the said were-wolf in all places where they could find it, and to take, burn, and kill it, without incurring any fine or other penalty." The hunt seems to have been successful, if we may judge from the fact that the same tribunal in the following year condemned to be burned a man named Giles Garnier, who ran on all fours in the forest and fields and devoured little children, "even on Friday." The poor lycanthrope, it appears, had as slight respect for ecclesiastical feasts as the French pig, which was not restrained by any feeling of piety from eating infants on a fast day. [ The History of Vampires, by Dudley Wright ] Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details. it not for his cowardice."	\|`........ --``........ \|.....ii... ---------........*. .....*........... .................... ..................:. ----..........------ \|.......*..\| i "Newtrunner is young. Surely someday he will learn how to fight for himself."	10000 years later... --------- \|$.....d- ####\|....dd.\| #\|...@...\| #-d......\| --------- @ "Aaaah! Three jackals! Save me, Slasher"That dog belonged to a settler who tried to build his cabin on the bank of the river a few miles south of the fort," grunted Conan. ... "We took him to the fort and dressed his wounds, but after he recovered he took to the woods and turned wild. -- What now, Slasher, are you hunting the men who killed your master?" ... "Let him come," muttered Conan. "He can smell the devils before we can see them." ... Slasher cleared the timbers with a bound and leaped into the bushes. They were violently shaken and then the dog slunk back to Balthus' side, his jaws crimson. ... "He was a man," said Conan. "I drink to his shade, and to the shade of the dog, who knew no fear." He quaffed part of the wine, then emptied the rest upon the floor, with a curious heathen gesture, and smashed the goblet. "The heads of ten Picts shall pay for this, and seven heads for the dog, who was a better warrior than many a man." [ Conan The Warrior, by Robert E Howard ] Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details.!"
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