Myth 08 – Myth-Nomers by Aspirin, Robert

His family had been quite well off, you see, and he had

lorded his wealth over the less fortunate as much or more

than he had harassed them with his superior abilities. I think

he left school because he couldn’t bear to face his old cronies,

much less his old victims, in his new cash poor condition.

Basically, he was too proud to be a scholarship student after

having established himself as a campus aristocrat. Aahzman-

dius may not refuse money, but I think you’ll find he has

an aversion to charity … or anything that might be construed

as such.”

It all made sense. The portrait he was painting of Aahz,

or as he was known here, Aahzmandius, seemed to confirm

the Butterfly’s analysis of my old mentor’s financial habits.

If he had suffered from embarrassment and seen his plans

for the future ruined because of careless money management,

it stood to reason that he would respond by becoming ultra-

conservative if not flat out miserly when it came to ac-

cumulating and protecting our cache of hard cash.

“Ah! Here we are.”

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I was pulled out of my musings by the record keeper’s

exclamation at Gretta’s return. I felt my anticipation rise as

he took the offered folder and began perusing its contents.

For the first time since arriving on Perv, I was going to

have a solid lead on how to find Aahz. Then I noticed he

was frowning.

“What’s wrong?”

“I’m sorry, Mr. Skeeve,” the record keeper said, glanc-

ing up from the folder. “It seems we don’t have a current

address for your associate. The note here says Traveling.’