How to Avoid Death on a Daily Basis
Talking my way out of a tight spot was nothing new, but all it took for me to fail was for the other person to say, “Nah, don’t buy it.”
There were still a number of methods I could use to avoid getting involved with violence, most of which relied on convincing others to be violent on my behalf, but my preference was to find a method that didn’t require fighting. And that method was called lying.
Lying, when it works, can be better than magic. Poof! The problem’s gone.
“The Worm King is mentioned three times by name,” I said, pointing out the places on the wall, “and a couple of times indirectly.”