A little stunned by Devon's behavior, the monk simply replied, "um...yes, I am here to help recruit...recruits...yes. What do I need to do...sir?" Devon seemed to smile underneath his helmet and lead the monk to a spot within the South Gate Park where the monk could see many people coming in and out. The monk began understanding his task and was looking for strong people who looked as though they were ready to be guards. However, before the monk wandered off to ask specific types of people, Devon explained the job.
"Slow down, Poropo - I can see you wanted to ask that big guy to be part of the guard, which is great, but he's not the only kind of person I'm looking to recruit," explained Devon as he began pointing to people and telling Poropo of the wonders of diversity, "you see, there are lots of people in the world - they all have different perspectives and the guard needs that kind of diversity." Devon pointed to a mother and child playing in the park and then pointed to a lonesome man collecting trash off the ground to keep the part clean, "Anyone here can be whipped into a guard given enough time - don't be picky, Poropo."
Poropo began understanding what was being asked of him - the monk needed to ask as many people as possible in order to gather the names and addresses of as many recruits as possible! The task would be more difficult than the monk anticipated, but also easier in another sense - the monk did not have to look for the scarce few who looked like big, strong fighters, instead looking for anyone who was interested in keeping the peace. The monk turned to Devon and expressed his devotion to the cause, "Yes, may the Iron Deity bless everyone no matter how strong or scrawny they may look - the guard need all the help they can get!"
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