He's a little shy, so I've been giving people a heads up to be extra nice to him . . . I doubt you need it, though. You're nice enough already!

[Also, the more people want to hug Taranza too, the more money he'll have for Magolor to wring out of him. You know.

He doesn't dispute friend, though, and he probably wouldn't anyway even at maximum forced honesty, which is saying a lot!]

So about this Master of yours . . . what kind of Master? Every Master is teaching a skill, right?