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Her green eyes grew colder, and they fixed upon Cai "As you know, our recent intel has suggested stealing our young feoal of one or two fringethe Trads ene out their nests I expect you knohere a great many of them are"

Shit A servant had brought in a new platter of God-knehat fancy foods, though the cheese things looked okay Cai quelled the i his mouth full would seriously undermine the second line in the sand he was about to draw

Winning friends and influencing people, that was him

"I know the general proximity of some of them, yeah," he said "But as eful and pissed-off kid any more Most Trads aren't like Goddard They're like deep h and in secluded places They just want to be left the hell alone, as far from human settlements or 'civilized va humans for food just because you tell the them as deer instead of milk cows is part of who they are And I can't say they won't try to snatch feenuinely desperate about the numbers issue Just like you are Fertility is a problem for them, just like it is for you all"

He set down his fork "Soto force e to the around, that va relationship with their human servant are more likely to conceive"

At her unreadable look, he lifted a shoulder "Doesn'tto find a way to flow out a dam The sudden poker faces around the table tell me it may be more than rumor If so, maybe the Trads need to hear that Maybe it would make them look a little differently at huitimate pathway to an increase in their birth rate They're not all idiots about that, like Goddard was"

"An ehtfully "Not a bad idea Would you be willing to be that emissary, Cai? This latest incident won't help reduce tensions between our two peoples While I won't shy away frooes, we'd all prefer a different outcome Well, most of us" Her lips twitched "Lord Belizar is not here to voice his opinion, but he far prefers battle to diplomacy"

"You think I would be a good diplo, he'd just eaten a cheese thing and was afraid he ht accidentally spit some of the crumbs in the queen's direction

Lyssa's lips twitched "You've said they're a rough group, with no patience for civilized vaht person It's not a decision to ht But if you do decide to serve in that role, your interactions with vampires in our world will necessarily increase"

She glanced around the roo etiquette is in place for a reason It allows all of us a place to safely exercise the e parts of ourselves, in ways that don't result in bloodshed It's also a way to explore our natures and that of our servants You yourself indicated you ht to corees to take that step with you, you s both of you pleasure and a deeper understanding of your bond"

She's encouraging you to go ahead with the dinner stuff, if I'm okay with it Rand spoke in his head

Really? She painted it on the wall in big red letters I missed that

Rand ignored the sarcasm I can do this

Do you have any clue what they want you to do?

No, but I expect I'm about to find out

You don't have to I'et the hell out of here and leave this area for a good long while so they can't irritate me Go to the desert, like I said

The obvious place for a sun-averse species, Rand observed Cai, I can handle this

No He said it decisively

Rand's mind voice was puzzled, even a little hurt With Dovia, I was able to

I won't allow it Cai brought his palh the wood He didn't care