"Since we're friends, I'll be straightforward. Please keep this a secret for me - I don't want too many people to know about my having Mastiff People warriors as followers." Liu Zhenhan asked Gude to light a cigar for the Mastiff Person. "We both experienced some unfair treatment at the temple."
"Cough cough..." Robert almost choked on these words, a thick cloud of smoke along with tears streamed down his face. "You can count on me! Keeping secrets for friends is an important virtue of the Wolf People! That damn temple has been unfair all along! Why can't our Sharoman worship get the recognition it deserves? Those old men at the temple are really..."
As soon as Robert started talking about the temple, he opened up, unceasingly expressing his complaints.
The more these two 'victims' chatted, the more they warmed up to each other, accompanied by occasional bursts of hearty laughter.
