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He givesto cover one district of this city," he replies, his voice nonchalant, his fingers floating absently across the strings of a lute strapped in front of hiesture sounds like a perfect chord "We’d have to stay here for weeks for me to collect all of the valuables left behind Just look at this Never saw anything this finely crafted in Merroutas, have you?"
He edges his horse closer Now I see, wrapped in cloth in the front of his saddle, bunches of plants Yellow thistle Blue daisies A snize the plants i a word, I untie iano so that the others don’t see Only Sergio notices, but he just looks away and guzzles water fro of thirst for weeks now
"You slept poorly last night," Magianothe to weave an illusion over the dark circles under htht, after this" Iforrows like a weed here in Duht, if you want to keep thewell, them at bay"
The voices I hear the sounds like a cloud of noise right behind my ears, always present, never silent They whisper at o to bed Sometimes they speak nonsense Other ti htly away and goes back to plucking at his lute He doesn’t like us veryto keep us away from you But you don’t want us to leave, do you, Adelina? We are a part of you, birthed in your mind And ould such a sweet boy love you, anyway? Don’t you see? He’s trying to change who you are Just like your sister
Do you even rerit my teeth and take a drink of ue, but I welco queen today I can’t afford to haveout of control in front of --the voices are muffled, as if they have been pushed farther back--and the rest of the world coiano stru, hthearted manner, "that I’ve collected far too htful little sapphire coins" He pauses to turn around in his saddle and digs soold from one of his heavy new satchels He holds out a few coins with tiny blue jewels eold Kenettran talents
I laugh at him, and behind us, several Inquisitors stir in surprise at the sound Only Magiano can coax joy out of reat prince of thieves is suddenly overwhel to do with fifty lutes and ten thousand sapphire coins? If I wear any old, I’ll fall offyou could dole it out to your new citizens instead It doesn’t have to be old fro as it is, especially after Merroutas fell to you"
My good mood instantly sours, and the voices inyou to buy the loyalty of your new citizens Love can be purchased, didn’t you know that? After all, you bought Magiano’s love It is the only reason why he’s still here with you Isn’t it?
I take another swig froain "You want me to show these Dumorians some kindness"
"I think it could reduce the frequency of attacks on you, yes" Magiano stops playing his lute "There was the assassin in Merroutas Thenthe beginning of that rebel group--the Saccorists, wasn’t it?--when your forces set foot in Doue of me"
"Still, they killed several of your Inquisitors in the ht, burned down your tents, stole your weapons And you never found them What about the incident in northern Tamoura, after you secured that territory?"
"Which incident did you have inclipped and cold "The intruder waiting in my tents? The explosion on board my ship? The dead iano replies, waving his hand in the air "But I was thinking about when you ignored the letters from the Tamouran royals, the Golden Triad They offered you a truce, e for releasing their prisoners and the return of the farenerous trade deal And you sent their a your crest dipped in the blood of their fallen soldiers" He gavesubtler"
I shake ued about this, when I initially arrived in Taain "I’m not here to make friends Our forces successfully conquered their northern territories regardless of their deals And I will take the rest of Tamoura next"