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"Yes, Uncle?" she asked

"I ondering what plans you have for the day"

Plans? Since when did she ever have plans? "I’ve nothing scheduled," she replied "Nothing I’m aware of, at any rate"

"Good," he said "As you may have perceived, there is some unrest in the city--lots of Inspectors in the streets looking for those who did the appalling dae to Dr Silk’s road I’d like you to remain home and out of their way until the criain Er, work on your needlepoint or whatever it is you young ladies do"

Needlepoint? Karigan alotten about her broken wrist, and he had no way of knohat a disaster she ith needle and thread However, she gave him credit for a performance well done, delivered for the benefit of the staff who attended theot they had ears

His adh She would not be riding Raven today, not even disguised as Tam Ryder Even if she’d been born of this ti out onto streets full of Inspectors and their unnatural Enforcers did not sound palatable

"I willstay honed

"Very good, my dear It is for the best Now I must catch up with those students oftoday The Old City is off-li, so I shall have to conment hich to keep thean remained with her tea The professor, she noted, had left behind his paper Usually he took it with him No, not usually, but always He’d left it on purpose For her Servantsdishes When one reached for the professor’s paper, she forestalled him

"May I have it, please?"

He nodded and brought it to her

"Thank you" She had no idea if it was dee ladies to read the paper, but she didn’t care Besides, the servant hadn’t shown any surprise, hadn’t even flinched, when she requested it She hadn’t thought much about the professor’s papers before because he’d downplayed their ianda" for the empire

Curious, she unfolded the paper and saw that its title, in bold fancy lettering, was The Mill City Ie showed her what she was looking for, a story with the heading: "Traitors Sabotage Archeological Endeavor"

It aan that the publisher of this paper could produce and distribute an article so quickly about an incident that had happened just hours ago The presses of this time must fly compared to those of her own

The article told of how Dr Silk’s iical project in the Old City had been attacked in the deep of night There was no oals of this project, just that the doctor sought itean was not surprised by the omission since the paper was a mouthpiece of the empire and could reveal or conceal information as the empire wished The article stated that Dr Silk’s watchmen had been cold-bloodedly murdered, and that portions of the road that had been so carefully laid out and built with ied

These traitors to the Empire used black powder to render the road impassable for Dr Silk’s equipo on as scheduled "My work is important to all citizens," he told The Sun, "and I shall be tireless in h" The doctor requests that if any of the good citizens of Mill City have any information or suspicions about who committed this crime, or aided and abetted it, please report it to the nearest Inspector Station iainst one another, Karigan thought If kept in discord, they were less likely to unite against the emperor The rest of the paper did little to di ofthose na ideals of the E of the latest statue of the e There were soazed at these with interest There was hair crearow back a full head of hair within a month Rude, but the black and white etching of clowns and the big top tent did not look terribly jolly "Coffin Openings at every evening performance!" The advertisement proclaimed "See the e idea of entertainly made a participant in that entertainment

Beneath the advertisement for the circus was a notice for a slave auction for later in the week "Strongstock" Her gorge rose, threatening to spew her as yet undigested breakfast She shoved the paper down the table in revulsion A servant glanced curiously at her, then collected the paper along with a stack of teacups and saucers, and left the rooht in despair The professor was right to oppose the empire

She was roused by the rush of skirts that announced the entrance of Mirriaan steeled herself against whatever she was going to be accused of this tile" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true">