Gargoyles are the property of Walt Disney. No copyright infringement 
is intended.

I strongly recommend that you read my other stories before reading 
this, especially the four other stories in the ‘Sightings’ series: Angels 
of the Night, Terror in the Sky, Defenders of the Night and Visitors 
From the Sky.


Sightings:  Legends of Stone


“Lennox MacDuff is perhaps the world’s *only* authority on 
gargoyles. Years of research, observation and interaction with this 
remarkable community has allowed him to see a side of gargoyles that 
the rest of the world isn’t privy to. Today, he has agreed to join us.”

Danielle Wagner turned to the man seated beside her with a 
welcoming smile. “Welcome to ‘The Dani Show,’ Mr. MacDuff.”

“‘Tis a pleasure to be here, lass.” Lennox MacDuff leaned back in his 
chair. “When I heard of this special program ye had planned, I 
thought ‘twould be a good idea for me to be here.”

“And we’re glad you thought so. Mr. MacDuff, how did you come to 
study gargoyles for a living?”

“‘Tis nae a career, lass,” MacDuff objected. “More of a hobby, truth be 
told. And how I got into it.. well, that’s quite a long story and t’would 
take far longer than we have to tell it. Let’s just say that some old 
friends encouraged my interest.”

“As you know,” Dani said, “the entire point of this episode was to get 
a debate going, to examine both sides of the so-called ‘garogyle 
menace.’ So far we’ve seen some very differing views. What do you 
think of the gargoyles, Mr. MacDuff?”

“I must admit, lass, there was a time when they were nae my favorite 
people. I was rather hostile toward their people as a whole, I’m afraid. 
But over time, I’ve come to see that they’re just people. People with 
wings, aye. But people nonetheless.”

“That seems to be a common thread for many of our guests today,” 
Dani noted. “Tell me, the rumors of gargyle attacks and destruction; is 
there any truth to them?”

“I cannae say. I’m sure that there have been some incidents in which 
gargoyles were involved. But the charges of violence and reckless 
destruction - that is grossly exaggerrated, some of it surely fabricated. 
Gargoyles are very honorable and highly moral. They don’t believe in 
attacking an unarmed opponent, combat must be honorable and tghey 
would never endanger innocent standers-by. So ye see, by their own 
moral code, they could nae have done 99% of what they’ve been 
accused of.”

Dani smiled wryly. “Mr. MacDuff, quite a few people would point out 
that the gargoyles ‘moral code’ is exactly why they’re guilty of what 
they’ve been accused of.”

“I should like to think ye’re smarter than that, Danielle. People should 
listen to the truth, not rumors.”

“I’d like to think so too, Mr. MacDuff.” Dani turned to thecameras 
and smiled. “Unfortunately it seems we’re out of time. I’d like to thank 
all our guests for joining us today. You too, Mr. MacDuff,” she added 
warmly. “I hope you’ve all been given something to think about today. 
And I hope you’ll all join us next time as we speak with former 
Congressman Derek Allen.”

The executive producer signalled that the cameras were off and Dani 
rolled her eyes with a sigh of relief. ‘Thank God *that’s* over with.’ 
Rand and Yale had been nice enough, but the McDonald man had 
spent every second of time since his appearance baiting and badgering 
the two reps from the People for Interspecies Tolerance. During 
commercial breaks Dani had been forced to play mediator. ‘They don't 
pay me enough...’

But it hadn’t been as horrible an idea as she’d thought it would be. 
The guests had been interesting and the audience hadn’t lynched the 
PIT people like she’d feared. And she’d certainly learned a lot.

So it hadn’t been a total waste of a show.

‘Maybe,’ Dani thought absently, ‘I can catch those PIT people before 
they leave.”
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End