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Budi, The Street Sage
by Hulen
- "...and then the great warrior Ragara Tynlos fought his sister, the Sorceror-sage Ragara Samaki, and it is said that a great fire erupted between the two Dynasts, as they battled..."
- - Budi, telling a tale to children.
- "He's a nice man, for one of the beggars. But don't you dare go near during one of his fits."i>
- - a neighbor
The streets of Nexus have many beggars, and all of them have their quirks.
Perhaps one of the strangest is the man known as the Street Sage, Budi. An old man, his teeth stained by drug use and his hair mostly gone, Budi has seen many things. He was around for the Great Nexus Fire, and many other great events of the city. Little fazes him any more, as he believes he has seen it all. He may be right.
A scholar by trade, Budi seems to never be able to find permanent work. His memory is immense, and it is said that he can recite thousand-stanza epics without pause for thought or aid of scrolls. Indeed, there are those who say that Budi cannot even read, that he knows all the works of the masters by heart. Though often hired as entertainment by either the more charitable or the crueller nobility of the city, none have ever offered a more permanent position. The more charitable just treat him as a guest, and the crueller have him recite many long epics without pause for breath.
<i>Unfinished
