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[overheard around the corner of a dungeon corridor, moving away]
"... need to hurry. There's at least one other group of thieves in here."
"Don't lump us in with petty thieves. Have some pride!
"Think of what's going to happen when we're the ones striding into the Agora with the Skyskin Sceptre --"
"Yeah, yeah, I know, it's stupid but I know.
"I hope it's worth it."
"Of course it's worth it!"
"It's a lump of metal and cloudglass and sanguinite older than dust that just happens to mean 'the good old days' to a wormy knot of fancy-names with more cantrips and delusion than sense."
"Those 'fancy-names' are going to make our eternal fortunes when we bring the Sceptre."
"You agree it's an older-than-dust relic, though."
"It doesn't matter what it is or how old it is or what it does as long as ..."
[as the voices move out of range, and behind a baffle such as a door]
"... need to hurry. There's at least one other group of thieves in here."
"Don't lump us in with petty thieves. Have some pride!
"Think of what's going to happen when we're the ones striding into the Agora with the Skyskin Sceptre --"
"Yeah, yeah, I know, it's stupid but I know.
"I hope it's worth it."
"Of course it's worth it!"
"It's a lump of metal and cloudglass and sanguinite older than dust that just happens to mean 'the good old days' to a wormy knot of fancy-names with more cantrips and delusion than sense."
"Those 'fancy-names' are going to make our eternal fortunes when we bring the Sceptre."
"You agree it's an older-than-dust relic, though."
"It doesn't matter what it is or how old it is or what it does as long as ..."
[as the voices move out of range, and behind a baffle such as a door]