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Me	How's business?
Scatty	Since the tomb has been opened, there hasn't been much demand.
Scatty	Raven has no more use for the slaves, that's why they're mining gold now. On Bloodwyn's orders.
Scatty	And the diggers are taking it easy. (mumbles) Diggers who take it easy aren't good for business.
Me	Bloodwyn? Is he in charge here?
Scatty	He oversees the mine. But he's almost never down here. He spends most of his time with Raven in the temple.
Me	What exactly does 'almost never' mean?
Scatty	The last time I saw him was when he came out of the tomb...
Scatty	(hastily) ...No, wait! The last time he was here was when he sent the slaves to mine the gold.
Scatty	Unlike Raven, HE is very interested in gold.
Me	What sort of tomb?
Scatty	A cursed unlucky tomb! The guardians of the tomb have killed many men!
Me	Guardians? Are you talking about creatures of stone? Rather flat, with a round head?
Scatty	That's exactly what I mean! They came out of the depths of the stone by the dozen.
Scatty	I knew from the beginning that it wasn't good to dig out the tomb.
Scatty	But Raven was possessed with the idea of digging there. And once the tomb was finally uncovered, he marched in there with his guards.
Me	What did Raven want in the tomb?
Scatty	(stops short) Hm... you're pretty curious. You remind me of a fellow I once knew.
Scatty	He was just as curious. And eventually it was his undoing.
Me	Get to the point. What happened in the tomb?
Scatty	Well... Ehm... my throat is really dry...
Me	Hey, Scatty, NOT NOW. This is important, so what did Raven do there?
Scatty	All right. (takes a deep breath) He... he called... summoned something. He kept calling out words in a foreign language.
Scatty	Bright light poured out of the tomb and then I heard a scream that cut right through me - a demonic scream.
Me	And then?
Scatty	That's all I know. At that moment Bloodwyn came out of the tomb and said I should beat it. And that's what I did.
Scatty	It also didn't take long before Raven and his boys disappeared back into the temple. Since then Raven hasn't been seen.
Me	Would you like a drink?
Scatty	A beer would really hit the spot. There's hardly any beer here in camp.
Scatty	But maybe Lucia still has a bottle...
Me	There you go.
Scatty	Oh, that tastes good. Thanks man. You're my hero.
Scatty	Take a pickaxe in your hand and whack at a lump of gold - anyone can do that.
Scatty	But many nuggets will shatter that way. That's why only people who understand mining should do it.
Scatty	I can tell you more once you have some more experience.
Me	Tell me more about gold mining.
Scatty	Above all, you should know that gold isn't ore. It's soft as butter. If you strike too hard, everything will shatter.
Scatty	Every digger has his own tricks for knocking some decent nuggets out of the rock.
Scatty	Ultimately, these tricks are what make the difference between a digger and a good digger.
Scatty	Besides that, practice makes perfect. Only when you've been digging for a while will you get better.
Me	Bloodwyn is dead.
Scatty	Hm, there aren't many people I'd wish that on - but Bloodwyn is better off dead.