At the Inn 01

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So far as he knew, it wasn't possible to build something to affect thought at a distance and in advance...

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Sure is. :D
Painted signs - though those rely on whoever being able to read - or poles topped with skulls, to name two examples.

Point taken, but there's such a thing as taking a chap out of context, you know.

Yup. I thought you liked obfuscating and being misunderstood.

Adore it. Especially where wordplay's involved. But then, you already knew that...

I think I thought that was your author rather than you.

And I adore the way that last trick of yours ricochetted. ^_^

I have long suspected my author is me. I don't know how else I could have invented her.

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Swiff, admit it, you're just trying to break my author's brain. Again.

Oh come now; I make a point of never aiming to strip an author-being's mental gears.

Of course, it's always welcome as a side-effect...

("Swiff"?)

So, you just aim to strip the mental gears of normal people like us?

(It's a compliment. Sorta. Trust me on this. Of course, I could call you "junior" or "bub", if you prefer ^_^)

Oh no. Real people are much harder to break than authors. Seriously, I've done research.

Say "Victoria's Secret Service" to Mutt sometime.

(I was more wondering where on earths you came up with the nickname. I think I prefer it to Icypole, anyway.)

How many authors did you break, and what happened to the bodies?

(pick one answer: a) Anke picked it up from Mutt b) somewhere I've been it's colloquial for "swift thinker good at directing a conversation where he wants it to go")

Let me check the prow of my ship - we used to add a little stick figure for every... ah yes. Apparently three or four, not counting repetitions. Still alive and well. It seems their brains regrow.

You really ought to try it.

(Then Mutt's next! *might be grinning at the, hmm, snipe-cum-compliment*)

Hm, I'd have to get a ship first. *grins*

(mostly compliment, really)

Want one? The building materials grow on trees round here.

I was thinking more of a boat, what with having no-one to crew a ship. Do you get fibreglass enforced plastic growing on trees, too?

I have absolutely no idea, though my author informs me that plastic is what you get when trees are buried underground for millions of years and go bad(?), so probably not.