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"That would be about it," Cade said, striding alongside theht Unlike Dr Silk, Cade lacked subtlety "With the Old City closed off to excavations due todue to the recent incident, the students are learning to catalog the artifacts we already have"

Their host chuckled "Industry to keep idle hands frouests as he led her along, pointedly ignoring Cade He introduced her to an elderly rave"

"Good for the grave, you say?" the old rave," Dr Silk said in an elevated voice "Josston’s niece"

"Ooh" The oldman" He patted Dr Silk on the shoulder and rave?" Dr Silk laughed softly himself "Wills Barrow is nearly ninety-five years old"

As Dr Silk and Karigan approached a display in a glass case, other guests deferentially ical finds," he said

Karigan gazed into the case with interest at corroded pieces of bronze that ers and pieces of swords They had no guards, and nothing ree weapons," Dr Silk said "Or earlier It’s a very hard ties were before the ees had been They’d led into the period of Mornhavon and the Long War, but she thought she ought to ask questions as Miss Goodgrave would

Dr Silk s before the emperor came and provided salvation for our people froan tried not to bristle at the insinuation of King Zachary being a "despot" He’d been--still was--a just and fair ruler

Other artifacts included h depictions of lizards or dragons, sonition

"These," Dr Silk said, "are works by the emperor’s very early ancestors"

Ail used by the ees?"

"Have you ever heard of the sea kings?"

"Very little," she replied truthfully

"They once ruled these lands, and their blood runs through an wondered, did A? What in the five bloody hells would have put that notion into his head?