Last heliograph signal man · Desert Isle (3rd island), the Red Table mesa signal station (seated).
Quests
- Flash Message (gives it)
Talk
- “Thaddeus. Last signal man of the Red Table Heliograph Company. The company went bust thirty years ago. Nobody told the mesa.”
- “I send messages by sunlight. Mirror flashes. Very fast. Faster than a horse. Not as fast as gossip.”
- “Thirty years up here, and nobody's ever answered. That's either a broken line or a very rude town.”
- “The rocks up the side? The company called that a staircase. Put it in the brochure. That's how the company went bust.”
- “People ask if I get lonely up here. I tell them, no. Then I flash it to town, so they know I mean it.”
When you walk off mid-sentence
- “Go on, then. Mind the rocks going down. They're older than you, and they've seen less.”
- “Off you go. If you see a flash, it's me. If you don't, it's also me. Cloudy.”
- “Goodbye. That's one word. By mirror it's fourteen flashes. You're getting a bargain.”