Me | What's your task? | |
Main Gate Guard | My assignment is simple. I'm supposed to make sure that the orcs stay away more than 30 feet from the gate. | |
Main Gate Guard | If they try to break through the portcullis, I sound the alarm. That's all. | |
Me | What would one have to do to open the main gate? | |
Main Gate Guard | For heaven's sake. Why would you want to know that? | |
Me | I'm worried about the safety of the castle. | |
Main Gate Guard | So am I, all the time, believe me. | |
Main Gate Guard | And since I am such a faithful guardian, Garond has finally entrusted the key to the gate room to me. | |
Main Gate Guard | (proudly) That's a great responsibility. I shall guard it well. I had to swear that to Garond. | |
Main Gate Guard | Yes. Just imagine someone coming and simply pulling the lever to open the gate, and that rusty, old steel grating getting jammed. | |
Main Gate Guard | Nobody could close the gate then. I mustn't think about what would happen next. It's a good thing no one knows that I have the key. | |
Me | Never mind. Just asking. | |
Main Gate Guard | Don't invite trouble by talking like that. Times are hard enough as it is. Now go. I'm busy. | |