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Gray shook his head “I don’t think I’ve everseen a gold ot a ten silver ht it was a fortune Do you really think we could spend that old marks?”
Ranon took a deep breath and felt his body tremble as he breathed out “Wouldn’t be hard to do We’ve had so little for so long, it wouldn’t be hard to do Paying it back is a different thing altogether”
“Shops and supplies,” Gray said “Forage for the animals if the harvest falls short this year”
“Food for us if the crops fall short this year,” Ranon said Although with sopeople starve was less likely Having the crops rot in the fields because there weren’t enough hands to harvest them was a possibility, even if the Blood used Craft and drained their power every day to get the harvest in
“We’ll have to find the right kinds of buildings for the shops Daemon wants”
“We’ll find them”
Ranon closed his eyes A music shop like the one he’d seen in Halaway A roorandfather could teach openly what had been forbidden for so ift
“It’s not the same,” Daemon had said, “but the music of Scelt has a complex simplicity that I think is siht enjoy it”
The , really, and not so si out some folk music from Dharo that could be played on a flute
Sharing custo hopes
Kind of funny, actually Now that the Shaladorans could honor their own traditions, it didn’t sting to look beyond his own people and consider what other traditions ht have to offer
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A quick scan of the es that had arrived that afternoon confir required his i room When she marked her place in her book and set it aside, he took that as an invitation He picked her up, then sat down in the stuffed chair with her on his lap
“Our guests are on their way ho caress
“They are” He called in Jared’s journal and held it up for her to see
“They didn’t want it?” Disappointment filled her voice and eyes
“They want to preserve the original and also be able to share the contents Cassidy sent a note with the journal asking if the Queen’s gift could be extended to having a couple of copies made so that people could read Jared’s account of his journey with Lia”
She studied hiant request”
“It’s not It’s also not a practical request”
“Ah And ouldPrince consider a practical request?”
He shrugged “A thousand copies would be a good start”
She laughed “What are you going to do with a thousand copies?”
“For one thing, sell the in Eyota They can buy the book there, then go over to the coffee shop I’ a cup or two of their favorite beverage”
She hooted “How ?”
He laughed with her “Four Plus a loan the court can use to help the people start rebuilding their lives and villages”