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Yellow Sandy Night
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"I know exactly where I am, and that's all I have to say until we've been formally introduced."
This thing's creepy, but it's able and willing to speak your language, and it seems to think there's more to be gained (at least in the short term) by leading your somehwere than by eating your face here and now. Keep it talking, try to get it to reveal it's own background knowledge, and make a reasonable effort to keep it from deducing your own strengths and weaknesses too quickly.
Also, observe immediate surroundings for details of potential tactical significance, without diverting too much attention from the main threat. For example, is there anything heavy up there that your cutting spell could turn into a deadfall trap? Any tactical planning or innocuous preparation now, or during negotiations, is work you don't have to do during the actual fight. Think of it like studying for an exam over the course of a semester rather than cramming the night before, except there's no penalty for cheating and your grade will be expressed in terms of how much blood you walk away with. All of your own, still on the inside? A+. The other guy's? Extra credit. Best possible is if he turns out to be friendly, but whatever you do, don't flunk the basics.
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