Failure Again

Gurkirat was beginning to realize how worthless his skills learned in an educated environment were going to be in the real world.  He always knew the right things to say to his tutors and private benefactors to fix whatever predicament he was in.  These current fellows seemed to be as erratic as a drunkard who's had a little addition to his drink.  Despite his words, and the words of Hring, these two just seemed to have nothing good to say about the other.  So Gurkirat just listened and, when asked by Grumbleshanks to join him, he docilely agreed.