Subject: "I am not interested."
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Posted on: 2012-12-04 14:54:00 UTC
Peregrin replied to the Spy, "and I must be going. I am attempting to—"
Peregrin's explanation was interrupted by a pillow thrown at him from a distant part of the room, which hit Peregrin in the chest and bounced off and landed on the ground. Peregrin turned around and began to leave the doorway. Before he could get very far, however, he was hit in the back of the head with a large, overstuffed feather pillow.
Peregrin turned around and saw the smirking agent who had thrown that pillow at him. Peregrin walked toward the agent and told him, "That attack was unacceptable behavior." The agent responded by throwing a small pillow at Peregrin lightheartedly and running away into the crowd. Peregrin barely dodged the pillow, which hit someone behind him.
Peregrin then realized that he had no choice but to participate in the fight, thanks in part to the Narrative Laws. So, he quickly removed his sphere from the backpack he was wearing, formed it in to a large, dense, oval shield, held it in front of him, and walked into Rudi's.
(( Note: "Sphere" is a word that's overloaded with a different meaning in Peregrin's home continuum, Anathem Also, where are the bartenders and other staff up to during all this? ))