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	“I know, and for the first time in more years than you can count I feel good about it.” George commented		“I know, and for the first time in more years than you can count I feel good about it.” George commented

	“You’re ~~suck~~ here my friend. So you have us all as your friends whether you want it or not.” The big tiger’s reply was, George later figured, completely out of character for the feline warrior		“You’re stuck here my friend. So you have us all as your friends whether you want it or not.” The big tiger’s reply was, George later figured, completely out of character for the feline warrior

	“I would really appreciate that.” Finally George figured it out, must be the drink talking. Since he was wondering about it so much about what had been in the drink he stood up and went over and asked Donnie		“I would really appreciate that.” Finally George figured it out, must be the drink talking. Since he was wondering about it so much about what had been in the drink he stood up and went over and asked Donnie

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	{{author note\|These Metamor Keep stories are best read in order beginning with Enter the Tiger, followed by Claws of the Tiger, Hot Under the Collar, Castle Fever Cat, A Pointless Patrol, A Good Time, A Bad Time, The Bandit King, Conversations, A Visitor in the Night, Joy of the Hunt, The Trial, The Raid, and finally A Swing at the Mule.}}

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	I turned in early that night because I really didn’t feel like going to the ‘Mule and subjecting myself to Donnie’s new concoction. Besides I had some things that I had to take care of tomorrow and they would require my full attention.		I turned in early that night because I really didn’t feel like going to the ‘Mule and subjecting myself to Donnie’s new concoction. Besides I had some things that I had to take care of tomorrow and they would require my full attention.

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	~~'''~~These Metamor Keep stories are best read in order beginning with Enter the Tiger, followed by Claws of the Tiger, Hot Under the Collar, Castle Fever Cat, A Pointless Patrol, A Good Time, A Bad Time, The Bandit King, Conversations, A Visitor in the Night, Joy of the Hunt, The Trial, The Raid, and finally A Swing at the Mule.~~'''~~		{{author note\|These Metamor Keep stories are best read in order beginning with Enter the Tiger, followed by Claws of the Tiger, Hot Under the Collar, Castle Fever Cat, A Pointless Patrol, A Good Time, A Bad Time, The Bandit King, Conversations, A Visitor in the Night, Joy of the Hunt, The Trial, The Raid, and finally A Swing at the Mule.}}

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	I looked up at my ceiling and luxuriated in the feeling of a clean bed under my back. Yesterday after I had gotten back from our raiding mission I had spent more than an hour in the bath-house cleaning all of the blood from my fur until the white and black stripes almost shone. I looked over at the clock on my desk and then realized that I had to get up quickly because I really didn’t want Caroline to come in on me while I was still wearing nought but my fur. We had both agreed that she was to come by here at nine-o-clock in the morning and it was already eight fifty-five. I quickly shrugged into a basic kilt and tunic before there was a knock at the door. I quickly opened the door and found myself standing over the otter morph just as she was in the act of raising her hand to knock on the door again.		I looked up at my ceiling and luxuriated in the feeling of a clean bed under my back. Yesterday after I had gotten back from our raiding mission I had spent more than an hour in the bath-house cleaning all of the blood from my fur until the white and black stripes almost shone. I looked over at the clock on my desk and then realized that I had to get up quickly because I really didn’t want Caroline to come in on me while I was still wearing nought but my fur. We had both agreed that she was to come by here at nine-o-clock in the morning and it was already eight fifty-five. I quickly shrugged into a basic kilt and tunic before there was a knock at the door. I quickly opened the door and found myself standing over the otter morph just as she was in the act of raising her hand to knock on the door again.

Oberon at 22:30, 3 October 2007

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	“Aren’t you forgetting something?” Donnie asked me, his eyebrow cocked at me. I thought for a second before I reached into my belt pouch and tossed him a silver moon.		“Aren’t you forgetting something?” Donnie asked me, his eyebrow cocked at me. I thought for a second before I reached into my belt pouch and tossed him a silver moon.

	“Keep the change Donnie.” I mumbled as I made my down stairs and out into the street. I slowly made my way, with a pounding head towards George’s office. When I got there I closed the door and said		“Keep the change Donnie.” I mumbled as I made my way down stairs and out into the street. I slowly made my way, with a pounding head towards George’s office. When I got there I closed the door and said
	“Reporting as ordered.” I told George while kept my ears plastered to the back of my skull to keep the louder more painful sounds out		“Reporting as ordered.” I told George while kept my ears plastered to the back of my skull to keep the louder more painful sounds out

	“You’re late,” George replied coldly.		“You’re late,” George replied coldly.

	“Well you have that krachendra of a barkeeper to blame for that. By the three forsaken ones what was in that drink that he gave me?”		“Well you have that krachendra of a barkeeper to blame for that. By the three forsaken ones, what was in that drink that he gave me?”

	“If you have a hangover there is no one to blame but yourself.”		“If you have a hangover there is no one to blame but yourself.”

	“Well I think that you should blame that barkeep, I’ve never been that looped after consuming just one drink. What did he put in that concoction in that drink anyways?”		“Well I think that you should blame that barkeep, I’ve never been that looped after consuming just one drink. What did he put in that concoction, in that drink anyways?”

	“You’ve never heard of Catnip have you?” George answered me with a question		“You’ve never heard of Catnip have you?” George answered me with a question
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	“Can you please not shout, and would you be kind enough to turn down the lamp a little?” Then I muttered under my breath “That barkeep had better watch out next time I come into his place.”		“Can you please not shout, and would you be kind enough to turn down the lamp a little?” Then I muttered under my breath “That barkeep had better watch out next time I come into his place.”

	“NO!” George shouted, I could tell that he was being deliberately loud “Your lack of good ~~judgment~~ is not my problem.” I growled at the loud sound of his shouting and then instantly regretted it.		“NO!” George shouted, I could tell that he was being deliberately loud “Your lack of good judgement is not my problem.” I growled at the loud sound of his shouting and then instantly regretted it.

	“What is the purpose of this interrogation sir? If there is a reason behind it please tell me so that I can go home, pour myself into bed, and sleep that awful drug off.”		“What is the purpose of this interrogation sir? If there is a reason behind it please tell me so that I can go home, pour myself into bed, and sleep that awful drug off.”
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	“Am I to understand that you don’t think that you can handle this task? Well even if you lack in confidence, I personally think that you are quite capable of this new position.” I shook my head		“Am I to understand that you don’t think that you can handle this task? Well even if you lack in confidence, I personally think that you are quite capable of this new position.” I shook my head

	“It isn’t as though I don’t trust my abilities as a leader ~~its~~ that you surprised me sir. Trust me I will do my best in this new assignment sir. Though right at this particular moment in time I doubt that I could lead a file of dogs out of an alehouse in my condition. By the way how long will I have to train them before I have to take them out into the field?” George shrugged		“It isn’t as though I don’t trust my abilities as a leader. It's that you surprised me sir. Trust me I will do my best in this new assignment sir. Though right at this particular moment in time I doubt that I could lead a file of dogs out of an alehouse in my condition. By the way how long will I have to train them, before I have to take them out into the field?” George shrugged

	“That is up to you to decide but I bet that it will take at least a month or two.”		“That is up to you to decide, but I bet that it will take at least a month or two.”

	“OK I will take the job sir. The first thing that I will have to do is to evaluate their current skills. From there I will create a real training program that will address their weaknesses and make them into a halfway competent squad of scouts.”		“OK I will take the job sir. The first thing that I will have to do is to evaluate their current skills. From there I will create a real training program that will address their weaknesses and make them into a halfway competent squad of scouts.”
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	“Don’t over do it at first Oberon. They are way out of shape. Take your time.		“Don’t over do it at first Oberon. They are way out of shape. Take your time.

	“I will take my time sir, but their training will be tough, I can promise you that much. I’ve never been an easy training officer, but there are many veterans across the ~~midlands~~ that can attest to that. However, those veterans are notable in that they are still alive, which is something that I believe is a result of their training, which I provided.”		“I will take my time sir, but their training will be tough, I can promise you that much. I’ve never been an easy training officer, but there are many veterans across the Midlands that can attest to that. However, those veterans are notable in that they are still alive, which is something that I believe is a result of their training, which I provided.”

	“I expect you to be hard, but not too hard. They do need to be seriously shaken up.”		“I expect you to be hard, but not too hard. They do need to be seriously shaken up.”
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	“We all have parts of our past that we want to forget.”		“We all have parts of our past that we want to forget.”

	“I have more ~~thing s~~ that are to remain private then most, My feelings aren’t something that I really want to become public property or even public knowledge.”		“I have more things that are to remain private then most, My feelings aren’t something that I really want to become public property or even public knowledge.”

	“You can’t keep all of your emotions bottled up Oberon.” Finbar said calmly with no trace of his earlier ~~sarcasim~~.		“You can’t keep all of your emotions bottled up Oberon.” Finbar said calmly with no trace of his earlier sarcasm.

	“Listen I’ve managed my own feelings in this manner for longer than either of you have been alive, so I think that I can continue to deal with them in whatever manner I see fit.” Caroline looked up directly into my eyes		“Listen I’ve managed my own feelings in this manner for longer than either of you have been alive, so I think that I can continue to deal with them in whatever manner I see fit.” Caroline looked up directly into my eyes