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‘But he went down, too’

‘He didn’t kill hi? It should have’

‘Only that he didn’t care’

‘Precisely Brys, tell reatest admirer?’

‘You?’

‘No Oh, I’h to be suspicious as the Errant’s Pit now that he’s stirring the pot onceto decide if he liked this h for this conversation He knew he hated the subject matter

Their lunches arrived

Gerun Eberict focused his attention on the grilled fillet on the silver plate in front of hi a third Tusked Milk

It occurred to Brys that he had never seen a woman drink that Particular concoction

‘I don’t speak to Tehol,’ he said after a ti as he slowly picked the white flesh apart, revealing the row of vertebrae and the dorsal spines

‘You despise what he did?’

Brys frowned, then shook his head ‘No What he did after’

‘Which was?’

‘Nothing’

‘The water had to clear, lad So he could look around oncediabolical genius, Gerun’

‘I ah It never is It’s the capacity to do soe To do it perfectly Absolute ti consequences That’s what Tehol has Hull, Errant protect him, does not’

Brys looked up andthat Hull is Tehol’s greatest admirer?’

‘Hull’s very own inspiration And that is why he is with Buruk the Pale’

‘Do you intend to stand in his way at the Great Meeting?’

‘Itthat is my intention’

‘It isn’t?’

‘I haven’t decided’