Lev laughs too, but his laughter is more of a full-throated roar that makes you want to join in. "Sure you can, my gnomish friend. Let me show you." He looks the birdman directly in the eye and says, "I make an oath to you by my father's name that I will not die until I am old and gray."

He looks around at both sides of the gathered group, a huge grin on his face, "Will that suffice?"