"Sure, I know what this is."
Humfred Manygather puts his spectacles back onand quickly scans the papers.
"Hm, yes, yes, they'd want THAT fixed as soon as possible. Not working for about 20 years, eh? Makes sense, sure."
He blinks at you as he realizes that you are getting impatient.
"Oh, heh, yes, you see a retention vat is what is used to trap water. The feeder pipes in the sewers flow into a big vat. The vat has a notch on one side to let water flow out. Maintenance catwalks go voer the vat and around it. The idea is that the - eh, excrement - floats to the top, and then flows out the notch, so that most of what remains is water."
Castille and Kaspar share a glance that speaks volumes about drinking such water.
"Oh it's not for drinking!" Humfred says, seeing their expressions of disgust. "It's used for fighting fires, you pump it up if necessary. Or you you open it bottom valves. That way a whole bunch of water gets dumped through the sewers in one wave. That sweeps out the garbage, and anybody who shouldn't be there. The vat is big enough to hold near a ton of water, and that much released all at once, well you could send twenty gators like the one you killed flying out of the city and into the eastern bog."
"Anyone who shouldn't be there..." Kaspar wonders.
"Is the date significant?" Castille asks.
"Oh certainly, it's the day before the warforged sodliers appeared on the streets!" says Humfred. "Apparently the valve release lever was broken right before...the warforged - well, that explains something."
(Go to the third paragraph here.)
"What?" Kaspar and Castille ask together.
"Oh yes, you aren't from around here. The warforged who took the town a score of years ago, during the Last War. They came out of the sewers. They must have disabled this first, because the regular Thrane infantry came after them. Warforged don't need to breathe, you see, although they might have gotten flushed out with the sudden release of water. They disabled the valve lever, then came up onto the streets and began their horrible, horrible rampage. Can't trust those things, you know. They were made for war, they just can't stop killing, it's their nature."
Got a sunrod or torch ready? Time to re-enter the sewers.
"Hm, yes, yes, they'd want THAT fixed as soon as possible. Not working for about 20 years, eh? Makes sense, sure."
He blinks at you as he realizes that you are getting impatient.
"Oh, heh, yes, you see a retention vat is what is used to trap water. The feeder pipes in the sewers flow into a big vat. The vat has a notch on one side to let water flow out. Maintenance catwalks go voer the vat and around it. The idea is that the - eh, excrement - floats to the top, and then flows out the notch, so that most of what remains is water."
Castille and Kaspar share a glance that speaks volumes about drinking such water.
"Oh it's not for drinking!" Humfred says, seeing their expressions of disgust. "It's used for fighting fires, you pump it up if necessary. Or you you open it bottom valves. That way a whole bunch of water gets dumped through the sewers in one wave. That sweeps out the garbage, and anybody who shouldn't be there. The vat is big enough to hold near a ton of water, and that much released all at once, well you could send twenty gators like the one you killed flying out of the city and into the eastern bog."
"Anyone who shouldn't be there..." Kaspar wonders.
"Is the date significant?" Castille asks.
"Oh certainly, it's the day before the warforged sodliers appeared on the streets!" says Humfred. "Apparently the valve release lever was broken right before...the warforged - well, that explains something."
(Go to the third paragraph here.)
"What?" Kaspar and Castille ask together.
"Oh yes, you aren't from around here. The warforged who took the town a score of years ago, during the Last War. They came out of the sewers. They must have disabled this first, because the regular Thrane infantry came after them. Warforged don't need to breathe, you see, although they might have gotten flushed out with the sudden release of water. They disabled the valve lever, then came up onto the streets and began their horrible, horrible rampage. Can't trust those things, you know. They were made for war, they just can't stop killing, it's their nature."
Got a sunrod or torch ready? Time to re-enter the sewers.
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