[Gretin]

Ralph stepped away from Arnie's and Otto's table as Arrack came barging in shouting and looked calmly at him. He watched and listened silently to the exchange between Arnie and Arrack, his eyebrows slowly rising as Arrack ranted on. Then as the slig left, Ralph decided to follow and watch; afterall, he'd already told the boss he was offering his services, so if he was too distracted to give him a job he'd just do his own thing for now. He saw Arrack crash into the door, but backed away into the shadows when he saw the vykker coming out to see what the noise was about. He felt he'd had (more than) enough of vykkers to last him a lifetime!

He stood in the shadows, considering what to do next... Eventually, he decided to head back to the grinding area he'd come across before and see what was going on there and if those hopeless mudokons had managed to sort themselves out yet. He started heading down the passage in what he thought was the right direction....