Wed Jan 21, 2004 3:50 am by Switchblade
Actually, a lot of brits will have heard about the sidewinder. it's a type of snake that moves by crawling sideways along hot sand so as to keep as little of its body in contact with the heat as is possible, but is not otherwise particularly remarkable, being neither remarkably venomous, nor particularly large. (bless you, discovery channel)
Besides, what's to say that Trent learned about a sidewinder fang in Bretonia? Remember that he had already travelled a lot in the edge and border worlds long before he ever arrived on Freeport 7 or Manhattan. The barender said "all we have is liberty ale, friend" so perhaps the good stuff had already been consumed by the other patrons before trent arrived, leaving him with the dregs.
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"preacher, don't the bible have some pretty specific things to say about killing?"
"Very specific. But it gets fuzzy in the area of kneecaps..."