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    Synopsis:

    The ox is waiting in the cave while the tieflings decide whether to return to the road or not. He has been watching the druids in the grove below, and how they can change into any form they wish. He's wistful and sulky, wishing he could change his own shape from an ox to something less subservient.

    He can give us a hint about an item stashed in his hay.


  • 3.
    Bored Ox
    : I have no more to say. Even old hay tastes better than your idle chatter.devnoteDEN_General_HasMet_Mule1, PETPAL
    End
  • 6.
    Bored Ox
    : Another one. What are you under there, then? Ant? Aurochs?DEN_General_HasMet_Mule1
    • 23. Player: What are you talking about?
      • 16.
        Bored Ox
        : The keepers of this place. They change their form to fit their need.
        • 4.
          Bored Ox
          : They become birds, to hunt on the wing. Bears, to tear flesh with teeth. But for me - only oxen. Only same old hay.
          • 26.
            Bored Ox
            : And I cannot even eat it, because the horned ones hide their shiny bits inside.
            • 22. Player: 'Shiny bits'? The tieflings put something in your hay?
              • 27.
                Bored Ox
                : Hiding things, thinking they are clever. Not clever.
                • 14.
                  Bored Ox
                  : Sometimes I eat the shiny bits, and they have to go looking for them on the other end.DEN_General_Knows_HayChest
                  End
            • 10. Player: Cheer up - you do a noble thing, carrying burdens for those who can't.
              • 2.
                Bored Ox
                : Hmph. When the horned ones leave this place, I will lie in the back, and you will pull. Noble one.
                End
            • 0. Player: You complain a lot.
              • 9.
                Bored Ox
                : Your kind give us your burdens. But who will carry ours?
                End
            • 12. Player: Maybe you could learn to change as we druids do.DRUIDGLO_DEN_General_Mule1_AskedAboutTwoLegs
              • 25.
                Bored Ox
                : Yes. Yes. I would change into a two-legs like you. But how?
                • 13. Player: Meditation - a lot of it.
                  • 21.
                    Bored Ox
                    : You mean when the keepers stand and sleep, all at once? My kind learned to do this long ago.
                    • 17.
                      Bored Ox
                      : Perhaps we are the true keepers. I will learn to walk on two legs, friend. Then perhaps I will teach them.
                      End
                • 19. Player: Surely you could pick a better form than mine.
                  • 7.
                    Bored Ox
                    : It is not the form - it is the freedom. Your kind walk free, and other beasts carry your burdens.
                    • 1.
                      Bored Ox
                      : To live like you, I could learn to be ugly.
                      End
                • 5. Player: You'll never be like me.
                  • 8.
                    Bored Ox
                    : No - I will be better. I have studied the keepers here.
                    • 18.
                      Bored Ox
                      : One day, I will stride as you do. And perhaps you will carry my burdens.
                      End
            • 15. Player: Leave.
              End
    • 24. Player: Aurochs describes me well, yes.
      • 28.
        Bored Ox
        : Big, and slow? The keepers of this place choose different forms. Better ones.
        • Link to Node 4
    • 11. Player: Ant? Are you calling me small?
      • 30.
        Bored Ox
        : If you do not like your form, then choose another. That is what the keepers of this place do.
        • Link to Node 4
    • 29. Player: Maybe I'm an ox too.
      • 32.
        Bored Ox
        : You have the smell - but I do not think so. You are not like the keepers here.
        • Link to Node 4
  • 20.
    Bored Ox
    : *Low!*SFX_OnlyPETPAL = False
    End
  • 31.
    Bored Ox
    : Hmmm - away. I dream of two-legs. Hmmmmmmmm.devnoteDEN_General_HasMet_Mule1, DRUID, PETPAL
    End