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Bez sighs. "I tried to... last night... but I'm afraid I might have been too late in doing so. He looks up at Tes and Kerobian. Never let yer pride come between the two of ye, ye hear... ain't worth it... not one cotton picking bit." He looks around the room and sees Hopian glaring at him. "Hi Sparky... toast anybody's wings lately... I've been lying low, so I know ye ain't been after mine..."

Mica steps between the two. "Gentlemen... please... this is a hall of peace... Can someone tell me what's going on?"

Sharmistra nods as she threads some gut onto a needle. "That is what I'd like to know. I've got one patient in a psychic coma.... another bleeding all over the first... and nothing anyone is saying makes much sense... except for the pride part.... Who is this anyway... I take it ye know him...""

"Ye talked her into inviting me in.... the least ye could do is tell her who's she allowed to enter her hall... though ye might also tell her I never ever look a gift horse in the mouth. I'm not at all what they make me out to be... Ai's taught ye that much I know."

Shar grunts as she begins to stitch close the gashes on his neck. "Don't ye dare, Kerobian. He can tell me himself... "

Bez chuckles weakly then gasps in pain. "Hey... go easy there... that is my hide yer poking ye know.... not some rug fer yer floor. The name's not important... but iffin ye must know... it's Bezernia....ring a bell?"

Shar doesn't miss a stitch, though her hands do pull a little tighter on her handiwork.

Mica's hands come up in a warding motion. "How dare you enter my temple."

Mica looks at Kerobian, then back at the cat, curled up on the bed, lying there quietly while Shar stitches him up without a drop of pain killer.

"Doesn't that hurt?" he asks cautiously.

"Not nearly as much as it did last night... " says Bez in a gruff voice. "Master Mica, I am no danger to yer temple. Call yer master... Lathander and I do not always see eye to eye, but he can vouch for the fact that I have never harmed anyone who has not deserved it." He leans slightly to lick the fur on Tam's head, causing Shar to scold him.

"Don't move... or ye'll just tear it open again... so why did our alarms go off." she demands angrily.

Mica shakes his head. "They didn't.... not really... someone reported seeing a black monster in the halls...."

Bez sighs. "They have reason to fear me... if the only thing they've ever read were the tales handed down through legend and lore. Ye might say I cultivated a certain image to keep the world at arm's length.... And since most of my kin who were put outside the gate have lived up to those tales and then some it might be best iffin ye cut them some slack... But I have never been a follower of Luce..."

Mica frowns. "Luce?" he questions in confusion.

"The angel of light who turned from his source. Miku's other half. In his anger and spite, he refuses to even consider the possibility of reconciliation, preferring instead to demand superiority." says Bez quietly. "It would be best iffin ye don't say his name again though... he's used to me cursing him out... but iffin another says it, it will catch his ear."

Mica nods slowly. "So what the hell are ye then... iffin yer not one of them?"

Bez smiles thins. "A loner, I suppose... yes, I'm one of the fallen, but I live on this plane and not the lower hells. I am called the deceiver but in truth.. the only one I ever deceived is in this room... idiot and fool that I was..."

Bez sighs. "I admit I haven't been the nicest power around... If I'm pushed I tend to shove back... hard. It was one of the reason's Ai's been so angry with me. Never saw a reason to be otherwise..."

Bez looks down at Tam and sighs once more. "I would give anything, bind myself a hundred times over to whoever can reach him.... I... I..."

Shar bops him on the head sharply. "Hush.... of course I will help him... iffin I can and not because you ask, but because he deserves it. And stop it with the theatrics, Kerobian." She looks at Tes and sighs. "Is he always like this... so demanding...."