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"Tescadji," Skori said with a polite nod before he and Sedriil seated themselves in the chair across the table

"Well, well, well, I see you two have settled into the civilian life pretty well," Tescadji re the two a brief once-over The brothers recalled how his unusually high voice, combined with his upper crust Sakar accent made him the butt of more than a few private jokes about his masculinity -or supposed lack thereof "So what'll you two have to drink on this fine night?"

"You called us here for business," Skori said pointedly "And our sister's birthday was today, so …"

"Which sister?" Tescadji said

"Mericlou," Sedrill replied

"Oh, the cute one!" Tescadji said with a broad s to drink," Skori said with finality

"Skori, I really do suggest that you have a drink," Tescadji insisted, his voice deepening an octave

"I … guess I'll have a drink then, "Skori said reluctantly He had known Tescadji long enough to understand that when he used that tone of voice, in addition to the subtle way he exposed the runes upon his forearestion as it was a subtle assertion of his rank

Huht to be, but Skori had been privy to highly classified information held within the Android Equality Force's vast files In the final decades before the Liberation War, the AEF had been doing R&D on questionable archaeological findings, na to a human alchemist nao Supposedly he was only a legend, but the tablets and scrolls told a different story These contained the formulas and equations to a runic script that could supposedlythese runic equations would ic that was imbued in an object, any human could cast spells of their own

Tescadji had volunteered as one of three test subjects for a dangerous experi of the runic script upon his skin, according to instructions in the Ilrebmik documents The other two subjects died almost instantly from miscalculated equations, which poisoned them from the inside out; Tescadji survived As a matter of fact, in his case, the experiment was a success beyond anyone's wildest dreaical abilities, but not even the strongest elven spells could counter hi, that it was discovered that only dragon ic could subdue him Fortunately, Tescadji was devoted heart and soul to the cause of the AEF, and was apparently immune to corruption by the power he wielded He was to be the first in a line of special extraction agents, but because of the Liberation War, the project was cut All R&D was assiovern seen Tescadji's abilities firsthand in the field during the war, Skori knew that the man was to be respected … perhaps even feared