[ perhaps one day the pain will soften, but Morax doubts it. he vows, instead, to carve it into an edge of stone, to create a weapon of such precision, that all suffering may be ended by it. for the break in a contract is a break in a contract, no matter what circumstances may surround it. there have been many that have broken their words with him, though Morax could easily finish them in his fury, rather than confront the loss. ]

You are as insufferable as ever.

[ there is a barb there, perhaps as a last ditch effort to chase him off, but in the end, it has no bite behind it. he just sounds tired. ]

You needn't play the fool, I'm certain that you've already caught the word on the wind.

[ he'd rather not play around, where that's involved. ]