[color=#00ff66]"How do you know that's genuine?"[/color] Jake asked quietly. [color=#00ff66]"Bit of a cottage industry is that, makin' emperor diaries."[/color]

The half-elf stared into his beer, disliking the feel of so many eyes on him. [color=#00ff66]"A diary what tells you where ta start lookin' for treasure? Pure sucker-bait, them. That's the problem when you know what they all look like. Easy ta copy. Easy ta age. Besides, how many did he have tucked away, waitin' for his honor ta pick one up?  It might be someone's pension there, sellin' a few here and there. All genuine notebooks, just somebody else's writin' inside."[/color]

He risked it, giving Katelyn a quick glance. [color=#00ff66]"And it might be a mite cold, but you're not gonna get a lot of angry customers iffen they're all lost in a bleedin' desert. Before anyone goes 'n' risk their life, you oughta be sure. So, where did you get it? Why does it look so nice?"[/color]