Discuss the grey man and the wolf (Cornelius)
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From: An Audience with Cornelius
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Cornelius wants to believe they are a couple of Prehistoricist inclinations. But even he knows better, really.
Unlocked with 
Exploration of a Hinterland City 6
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A grim picture
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"I don't mind the animal," Cornelius remarks. "But the man wants nothing good."Description summary:
The first paragraph varies with 
Exploration of a Hinterland City.
| Exploration | First Paragraph |
|---|---|
| 6 - 12 | Their influence is not political, you hear. They take no sides in the elections. They aren't that kind of trouble. But they make folks uneasy, and there's talk that when they've been by, the communal storehouses run short. |
| 15 | Some enemy must have sent them: London, or the Masters, or some disgruntled antagonist over the Zee […] people who moved here with every intent to stay are taking the next train back […] Good for GHR ticket sales, perhaps. But very bad for the city. |
| 25 | They are here on behalf of the Bazaar, and are doing their best to drain the city of its strength and its population. A few words from them, and suddenly people who moved here with every intent to stay are taking the next train back to the smoke. […] |
| 35 - 47 | They are still about, and they have dropped old pretences. The Grey Man makes inflammatory comment in political meetings. The Russet Spindlewolf frightens away the more benign animals. |
| 50 | The Russet Spindlewolf is only sometimes about. Perhaps it has gone back to London; perhaps there is room to make an arrangement with the Bazaar. It would be better if the creature never came here again. |
| 60 - 70 | The Grey Man […] walks around […] among the citizens, reminding them of things they had done their best to forget. Wouldn't their relatives back in London find this city rather mockable? […] shabby? Isn't it better to have an ordinary house and an ordinary job […]? |
| 80 - 90 | The Grey Man is kept inside Hillchanger Tower. As long as the tower is away, he can't do any harm. But it does come back around now and then. |
| 100 | Neither man nor wolf has been seen in the streets for some while. The children [...] tell stories about a figure of fear, London's Snuffer, who dresses in grey and wears the faces of your friends from home. That's wrong, [...]: it was the voices that he stole. |
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