Me | How are things? | |
Cipher | Hey, don't I know you from somewhere? | |
Me | It's possible ... | |
Cipher | I used to deal in swampweed back in the colony, remember? | |
Me | And what are you dealing in now? | |
Cipher | Ah, don't ask. | |
Cipher | I brought a whole package of swampweed with me from the mining colony. | |
Cipher | Many of the mercenaries like a little smoke now and then. I've earned a small fortune on the side. | |
Cipher | But some bastard stole all the weed from my chest! | |
Cipher | I'm pretty sure it was that Bodo. He bunks in the same room as me, and he always grins at me like such an idiot ... | |
Me | What are you going to do about the thief, then? | |
Cipher | One of these days, I'll catch him puffing away on my weed. | |
Cipher | And then I'll find a quiet spot and teach him a lesson he won't forget. | |
Cipher | If I knock him down here in the middle of the yard, the other farmers will notice, and I'll pay an arm and a leg. | |
Me | How come? | |
Cipher | Quite simple. We can't rough up the farmers, otherwise Lee makes us pay a heavy fine. That's the way Onar wants it. | |
Cipher | And the more witnesses there are, the more of a fuss there is. That makes things more expensive. | |
Cipher | So I'll pull the thing off nice and inconspicuously ... | |
Me | I want to join Lee's people! | |
Cipher | LEE'S people?! If Lee keeps on this way, they soon won't be his any more! | |
Me | Why? | |
Cipher | Lee has always been a quiet one. It was that way in the colony, too. | |
Cipher | But lately, he's overdoing it. He just wants to sit here and wait until the paladins drop dead from starvation. | |
Cipher | Sylvio thinks we should clean up a bit on the small farms and outside the city. | |
Cipher | I think that would make for an excellent change. | |
Cipher | At the moment, most of us are just twiddling our thumbs here - do you want to join up anyway? | |
Me | I want to become one of you no matter what! | |
Cipher | You already know that we take a vote on every new recruit? | |
Me | What are you hinting at? | |
Cipher | Well, I haven't had anything to smoke in a long time. Bring me a few swampweed reefers and you've got my vote. | |
Cipher | You can surely scare some up someplace. | |
Me | About the swampweed ... | |
Cipher | You brought back my packet! Now everything will be all right. | |
Cipher | I'm certainly going to vote for you ... | |
Me | I'll see what I can do ... | |
Me | Here's a few stalks for you ... | |
Cipher | Ah! You are my man! | |
Cipher | You've got my vote. | |
Cipher | That's all? I can smoke that much in one sitting! | |
Cipher | It's got to be at least 10 reefers. | |
Cipher | At any rate, you've got my vote for joining us. | |
Me | Show me your wares. | |
Cipher | Sure. Help yourself. | |
Cipher | I don't have any swampweed at the moment. Do you want something else? | |
Me | I know who took your weed. | |
Cipher | Who? Was it that Bodo? | |
Me | No - one of the mercenaries did it - Dar. | |
Cipher | That bastard - where is he? | |
Me | Finding him won't help you, he doesn't have the package any more. He sold it in Khorinis. | |
Cipher | WHERE IS HE!?! | |
Me | Behind the kitchen building, on the corner ... | |
Cipher | I'LL FLATTEN HIM! | |
Me | You really gave Dar what for ... are you feeling better now? | |
Cipher | (sighs) Yeah, that felt good. | |
Me | Not to HIM, I suppose ... | |
Cipher | The little beggar has no business going through my chest! | |
Me | Would this package of swampweed happen to be yours? | |
Cipher | Well, I'll be! Where did you get that? | |
Me | It's a long story ... | |
Cipher | Doesn't matter, really, you're a decent guy. | |
Cipher | Here, take this as a reward. Have fun with it! | |
Cipher | First let me roll a few ... | |