>TM 4 >LS 2 >PS ON >PL60 >SM6 >CP ON >FO OFF >------L-----------------------!---------------------------R δ327δ You halt and very slowly lift your hands away from Š your sides to demonstrate to the Eldenorans that you Š are not reaching for a weapon. Then you focus on the Š Eldenoran Captain and launch a sharp pulse of psychic Š Kai energy at his head. He gasps, and then he lets Š the crewman fall to the taproom floor as the power of Š your psychic probe burns through his mind like a red- Š hot dagger. Fearing that their Captain is having some kind of Š fit, the drunken Eldenorans begin to panic. Some Š throw their ale into his face to revive him, while Š others struggle to lift his heavy body onto a Š cluttered table. When one man slices open the Š Captain's close-fitting leather jerkin with his Š dagger, so as to help him breathe, another thinks Š that he is attacking his master. He punches him Š unconscious and suddenly a fist-fight erupts. During Š the commotion, you indicate to the Suhnese that now Š would be a good time to leave. Without a word they Š rise from their tables and move towards the door, Š pausing only to pick up their injured comrade as they Š make a hasty exit from the tavern. Once outside, the Š Suhnese can afford to laugh at the incredible Š stupidity of the Eldenorans. It is hollow laughter, Š but at least it helps them to relieve the frustration Š of having to return early to ιThe Azanι. Turn to β268β