Day:  155
Location:  Shadow-Tal base
Title:  Trust

    Esimed walked past the room again.  In the week he had been at the 
Shadow-Tal's main base, he had to have walked past the room hundreds of 
times.  The day after he got to the base, he was walking past this very room 
and he got a glimpse in the room as the door was closing.  This was 
Beth's room.  He wanted to talk to Beth, to try and explain himself.  
He had seen her once in the room, but he could not get the nerve to talk 
to her even though she smiled at him.  It was a forced smile.  She 
hated him, and what does he do?  He walks past her room at least 
10 times a day hoping to get in and talk to her.  Esimed felt like he was 
going to go crazy. He needed to train or do something to get his mind off 
of Beth, but he was not allowed a weapon.  The Shadow-Tal didn't trust
him enough.  He was not even allowed to leave the base.  
	As Esimed was turning the corner past Beth's door, he saw 
Ashdon with some of the younger Shadow-Tal members, the one's not 
trained enough for battles.  Ashdon was keeping an eye on Esimed.
Ashdon didn't like Esimed but didn't know if it was because Esimed was a former Spyre 
agent or because he broke Beth's heart.  Ashdon had been ordered to train 
some of the younger clansmen, but all he had showed them was stealth and blending 
into shadows.  This was because he could teach these techniques in the base 
and he could watch Esimed.  But Ashdon knew he would have to take his students in 
the field for further training tomorrow.  Ashdon was starting to get angry with Esimed.  
He just wished Esimed would stop walking past Beth's door.
    Just then a clansman ran up the hall and both Ashdon and Esimed turned around.
He was yelling for Ashdon.  The man informed Ashdon that there was Shadow-Tal members 
trapped in the middle of the Swamps of Soun and that Ashdon needed to 
take a group of men to save them.
    Ashdon turned to go get Eltek, the member of the clan that knew 
the most about the swamps but remembered that Eltek was out on another mission.  
Esimed grabbed Ashdon and spun him around.  Esimed told Ashdon that he had lived 
there for a while and could get them through the Swamps.
Esimed said that there were many dangers in the Swamp and he had explored 
over 3/4's of it. Ashdon frowned but grabbed him and pulled him along 
He stopped only to grab his men and to equip Esimed.
Esimed was going to make these men trust him whether they liked it 
or not.