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I frowned, "Yes, very much so, Shand...very much so."

"It was for you," Shand winked. "I mean, I'm a very out-there person.... you know, can't care what other people think too much..."

"No, and you wouldnt be you if you did, that's for sure..."I thought for a second, "A Shand that actually cares what others think about him...interesting..."

"Gosh, I'd be....I'd be... Pharris," Shand stuck his tongue out. "No overt disrespect or anything...but wooooow...."

I thought for another second, "You would! You'd be just like him!" I laughed, "How much do you think Pharris would hate that?! Another him walking around..."

"That itself is a very interesting concept," Shand grinned slowly. "It would bug him real bad, wouldn't it?"

"Of course it would." I nodded, "To the point he'd probably run away."

'Leaving behind him any possible clues as to how one might steal his life savings?" Shand crossed his fingers.

I laughed, "His children, wife and myself...that about it."

Shand sighed. "Well out with that plan, then..."

"I cant wait until you figure out where it is...it's so obvious that only Pharris would do it! I'm impressed no one has found it yet."

"I'm more used to the whole stick your treasure in the sand routine," Shand shrugged. "That or under the bed, so I have to work harder to figure this sort of thing out..."

I sighed, "Alright, but make sure to fix whatever you break when you find it."

"Was that supposed to be some sort of a hint?" Shand asked, grinning and leaning in. "I mean, I can think of a million places that I would hide something like that..."

"It's so obvious that I'd feel bad hinting anything else to you." I smiled.

Shand rolled his eyes. "If it were me...I'd put it in a freezer...or a fridge... or down a chimney... or in the rims of somebody's car wheels... or more likely, in the ground...I doubt its any of those places."

I shook my head still smiling, "Think more obvious like simple house items..."

"Drawers... closets? Underneath the carpet?' Shand asked feverishly.

"alright, another hint, he doesn't hide it all in one spot... Under the carpet is one of the four places." I laughed

"Well one fourth of a royal treasure is good enough for me," Shand said with a grin. "I can't believe I guessed that...we must be more similar than I thought." He made a face.

I laughed,"be careful about just how much you two are alike...Pharris and I don't get along... You know what, Pharris and alot of people don't get along."

"Because Pharris cares what others think," Shand folded his arms definitively. "Good or bad... that's his main issue. Aside from the overwhelming arrogance and obnoxiousness that hits you like the stench of rotten garbage when he walks in the room....other than that..."

I thought for a second,"I'm trying to see if I can think of anyone who really likes him..."

"Aeren," Shand said. "Which is still way beyond me..."

"That's true...how did that work out?" I frowned, "I wouldnt think that naturally Aeren would like Pharris..."