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Her silence must have made him nervous "If I cannot convince you withdays I can show you what the e her another chance to keep his secret, it was clear he preferred not to harm her if he didn’t have to "I do not need to be convinced of the emperor’s evil," she said "I’m quite familiar with it Your secret will not be exposed by me"

The professor relaxed perceptibly and smiled "I had hoped you would see our common purpose"

Cooal was to get ho Zachary about how the empire overcame Sacoridia--not to becoues Besides, with the inforht actually improve the situation in this time, from the past Meanwhile, she needed the professor’s protection and knowledge, and in this regard they were allies

He had alreadydown the aisle between shelves "I thought you could tell me what some of the objects are that have been a mystery to me," he said over his shoulder "If they’re from your ti wooden rod with rectangular slots along its length "Do you knohat this is?"

"I have no idea," Karigan replied

Undeterred, he picked up a rusted iron hook dangling fro brow

"Looks like a pot hook," Karigan told him

"For over a hearth?"

She nodded

"But of course! I thoughtmore nefarious, a tool of torture, perhaps" He chuckled as he set it back down "Cooking tools always throw me I’m not even allowed in my own kitchen"

He showed her a few more items she could not identify, except for a coin balance, which any merchant would know--at least, anyits spiked end into a wooden shelf to e

"Have you a coin?" she asked