Knights of Tezoth

Alright, alright, I got answers to my questions. So then I do learn archery, buy it in the "language" [skill], and take it in the second hand; Zhenolde moves to the third slot of the other one instead of the killed coin — as I understood the mechanic, it'll work, right?

+2 books stay at home to be read in free time retroactively, and so — both books and the penknife are unloaded into the house.
The gifted cloak is put on, the default cloak is given to the lad, as is the default cheap gear for the worker.

In total, we have 2/10 slots filled.
There we take one quiver and 7 medicines from the misc stuff, one of each.

- Pew! - comments Rassvetny to the squire, aiming an arrow at the bullseye of the target — while standing in the backyard of the estate. - Well? Is the old man strong beyond his years? Picked up this skill in a week! Learn, lad, how it's done. Eh, where was all this at the birthday party, I'd have taken part there too. Who knows, might've even won some prize if I got lucky. But anyway, you know what I've heard about? There's this thing — some special services operatives use "elemental arrows". A water one, say, will put out a torch, or cause a short circuit in a metal golem. A fire one will blast an area and deal damage. An earth one will generate a whole carpet of moss for you, across which you can move like a cheetah, even if you're an elephant — with some skill, of course. Or it'll entangle you in vines if it hits you directly. An air one will just knock out the whole group standing nearby with gas. There was also a rope one, which would open up a new approach to an object for you, but personally I don't need that one, I already have everything I need — the hand stroked the chain with a hook. - According to intel, this was "our answer" to Olivus. It doesn't compare to their technology, of course, and I've never seen it myself; so far I think it's just a rumor — I won't believe it until I see it. But you know, there's no smoke without fire; maybe we'll see more of that sort of thing, though I'd rather not. But what am I really getting at? Just that any tool, no matter how insignificant it might seem to you at the moment — in our line of work can be almost the main helper. It's all about your end result and initial motivation, and how you achieve it — that doesn't matter. So don't sleep on things you consider insignificant. Sometimes even minimal changes in your paradigm can create monumental ones in your life. And you know the secret? It's that an honest man always wins. You might think at this very second that "maybe" some scumbag gets something in life. But you know what? All a scumbag can get, at best, is his comeuppance. And in the long run, he'll always lose to an honest man. Not because he couldn't deceive him in the current state. But simply because overall, man by nature strives for order, and he always easily identifies scumbags and seeks to put the screws to them. That's exactly why we have police forces. So... - Vargas leaves that thought for contemplation.