SFFS 25/7/2015 Impcatcher - Tal and Gustav

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 This is another snippet from Impcatcher. Tal Djandiss, the Impcatcher of the title, is in the marketplace, confronting an orc named Gustav.

Gustav has mottled dark red-grey skin, ivory tusks, muscles, and a propensity for violence. He's almost human in shape, which is one of the reasons I find orcs particularly unsettling – they're too much like us. They also have a taste for members of the opposite sex, not necessarily of their own kind. I was not letting him get anywhere near Ursa.

“What's it to you, Gus?”

He bared his tusks in what I suspect he fondly believed was a smile. “Rorsdack wants the Veil back.”

“He'd look pretty stupid wearing it.”

Gustav didn't even crack a smile. Orcs do have a sense of humour, but the things they find amusing include eviscerations and boiling oil. Real jokes don't amuse them. Nor did my comment, for that matter.

  As always, comments welcomed!