>Among other things, in no particular order: I finally
>realized I was playing a healer. A scarab healer is
>particularly difficult, since I can count the number of
>semi-reliable allies I had on one hand.

I'll admit I was curious how you were ever going to pull that off. I was reluctant to accept you into the Cult if for no other reason than I knew you'd have one hell of a time making it through life as a healer after you'd been marked. I really don't see healers fitting into the Scarab mentality any longer.

>Scarabaeus - Hey, it was great. I loved our interactions,
>brief though they usually were. I guessed that you watched me
>a lot, because the interviews were always pretty short.
>Hopefully this means I was doing a good job, but I always
>doubted. I'd love to hear what your thoughts on Eilathen
>were. Thanks for the tattoo, etc.

I've got to tell you, I don't like to make snap decisions on people if I can avoid it. I prefer to watch them interact with others, get a good feel for them, and it bugged me that you ranked as quickly as you did and at least during the times I was watching you I never got to see much interaction. Living out a (nearly-)hero character in 75 hours is pretty fast in CF terms - maybe I read that wrong, I'll have to go back and look. With the interactions I *did* see, you stuck to your guns and kept from the normal distractions that typically screw people up with the Cult, so I can say that worked for you. But again, the whole healer angle is really impractical and I'm glad you came to that realization on your own