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‘And it had better not Eberict needs to s the loss entire, not that it was in truth a loss, only a denial of increased fortune His primary invest I need to do so’s sudden frown ‘Must be losing weight,’ he ht hi ‘What’s that you’re wearing?’

‘It’s the latest fashion a masons and such’

‘The Dusty Few’

‘Exactly’

‘A wide leather belt with plenty of loops and pouches’

Bugg nodded

‘Presumably,’ Tehol continued, ‘there are supposed to be tools and assorted instruht use’

‘Well, I run the cos’

‘But you need the belt’

‘If I’m to be taken seriously, master, yes’

‘Oh yes, that is important, isn’t it? Duly noted in expenses, I presume?’

‘Of course That and the wooden hat’

‘You s?’

‘That’s right’

‘So why aren’t you wearing it?’

‘I’’s Construction, anyway’

‘Yet you’ve got the belt’

‘It’s co,a sword-belt There’s soht on the hips’

‘As if you were eternally duelling with your materials’

‘Yes, ?’

‘I a unstrapped his belt and tossed it to the rooftop ‘Makes my hips lopsided I walk in circles’