PBA 009c

[9:32:49 PM] Larry, Cleric (Adam): Friend Wynn, I understand your desire to obey the law, and have no wish to turn you from such a noble endeavor. [9:34:37 PM] Larry, Cleric (Adam): However, is a paladin's life not one driven by virtue, not vice? [9:35:23 PM] Wynn (visor up): A Paladin's life is driven by the God she serves. [9:35:34 PM] Larry, Cleric (Adam): Is it not the singular drive of paladins to do good unto others, and strike down evil, in this life? [9:36:27 PM] Larry, Cleric (Adam): I understand that. You know I do. [9:37:38 PM] Wynn (visor up): Not necessarily. [9:37:43 PM] Larry, Cleric (Adam):  I have been devoted to Pelor for all my life. But it seems to me that no paladin, driven to their cause, would devote their time to lechery and drink. [9:37:49 PM] Wynn (visor up): Not all Paladins are driven by Good. [9:38:03 PM] Larry, Cleric (Adam): Perhaps not, but all paladins are themselves Good. [9:38:10 PM] Wynn (visor up): Paladins of St. Cuthbert, for example, are driven by Law. [9:38:27 PM] Wynn (visor up): We cannot be *evil*, but are not necessarily Good. [9:41:59 PM] Larry, Cleric (Adam): Nonetheless, how can a paladin be driven to law and driven to drink to excess? One cannot serve two masters. [9:42:15 PM] Wynn (visor up): It is not against the Law to get drunk. [9:42:53 PM] Wynn (visor up): It is questionable about whether it goes against the Saint's Law about living a slothful or lazy life, but it matters not. [9:43:15 PM] Wynn (visor up): What matters is that he is my superior and clearly still has the favor of the Saint. [9:44:30 PM] Wynn (visor up): ... or is that not what that ridiculous display was about? [9:45:37 PM] Larry, Cleric (Adam): Very well. I supposed that it might be worth considering what his drunken lechery meant. [9:46:53 PM] Wynn (visor up): There are few absolute sins in Cuthbertine doctrine. One is refusing to obey a lawful leader acting in good faith. [9:47:39 PM] Larry, Cleric (Adam): And that ridiculous display was an act, undertaken by your friends, to attempt to show that this Tarak may in fact not be a lawful leader acting in good faith. [9:48:14 PM] Wynn (visor up): You're a man of prayer. [9:48:18 PM] Larry, Cleric (Adam): Perhaps we are wrong, in which case I am sorry. I don't believe it was anyone's intent to question your faith. [9:48:25 PM] Wynn (visor up): You should understand when I explain this. [9:48:36 PM] Wynn (visor up): I have been praying for guidance for three days. [9:48:58 PM] Wynn (visor up): Really, I have been praying for guidance since I became a squire four years ago. [9:49:27 PM | Edited 9:52:55 PM] Wynn (visor up): But not having Father Markus around to show me what I should do has been troubling. [9:49:38 PM] Wynn (visor up): Perhaps Tarak is simply an answered prayer. [9:49:45 PM] Wynn (visor up): He said he is here to train me. [9:50:22 PM] Larry, Cleric (Adam): Perhaps he is, and perhaps he is not. After all, we saw a beautiful sunset when I prayed for Pelor's aid on the ship in the goo. [9:50:29 PM] Wynn (visor up): He is disgusting and I hope I never follow him that closely, but if his guidance is what I need to be closer to the Saint, I must follow it. [9:50:36 PM] Larry, Cleric (Adam): We both know that was merely an illusion. [9:50:49 PM] Larry, Cleric (Adam): I do appreciate what you're saying, however. [9:53:03 PM] Larry, Cleric (Adam): I sincerely hope that this guidance is worthy of you. You are a strong, capable, upstanding bastion of the law. As I have said my peace, I will take my leave, and let you return to your work. [9:53:23 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) nods. "Good night, Larry." [9:53:31 PM] Larry, Cleric (Adam): Good night, friend Wynn. [9:53:34 PM] Larry, Cleric (Adam): Larry, Cleric (Adam) bows and exits.