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The knight slaround Once, twice, till the room is silent

“Cassius au Bellona, I see you” Bellerephon stalks around the ring, his razor trailing behind “You wretched buzzard You spineless cur You conspired to kill ht to kill my cousin in the flower of her life You betrayed the Co of Mars You cauise, intent on mischief” He smiles “For these insults you shall whimper and bleed”

Even Romulus’s men are silent and stare down at Cassius All kno he betrayed the Sovereign, even if they did not clai Cassius into the Riars belief So they require little to convince them that Darrow sent him here for some nefarious purpose Cassius knows this And so does Dido Absent her evidence, she uses this to quell the dissent over her coup

“I came of my own accord,” Cassius says to deaf ears “I have no affiliation with the Republic”

Bellerephon laughs “Liar”

“Bring evidence if you think me a liar and try me No? Then you have no evidence, and you resort to bloodfeuds for justice An absurdity in itself But what can one expect froht you manners” He chuckles “As for the bloodfeud: it I do not dispute” The Peerless ry silence “The blood of children and many more is on my hands I expect no mercy I ask only that if I fall, honor my bones and send them to the sun”

Bellerephon spits boorishly on the ground “You will have no honor Your corpse I will feed to ht shit Bellona But your eyes I will put in a jar so they ht watch as I feed your brother to the dust”

Seraphina hts and much of the room, the proclamation is met with sharp disapproval Helios makes a motion to Diomedes, who booms out an affirmation “You will be so honored in your way, Bellona” This maddens his cousin and Bellerephon almost flies into the crowd to strike at Diomedes to finish their earlier affair

I feel Dido’s eyes on ain

Of course this is all for me They think I aive them what Cassius will not Fools They see erous ga a blade by its scabbard I stay seated, silent, watching as Bellerephon shouts at Chance and gestures to the bit of elirl, before I do it for you”

Startled, Chance bends the elins

The men do not lash into one another, but pace in a circle,Seldom have the forms of the Core and the Rim met in duels, at least after Revus forbade any Ionians fro on Luna Most of the Rim houses followed his lead

As is old custoh Cassius is allowed an aegis: a senerator embedded in a ht hand, he carries a coiled razor They could have given hiave him a razor of the Interior

Bellerephon’s hasta slithers on the ground behind hi in whip and two meters in lance In a scabbard on his left hip he carries the short kitari thrusting sword

Hardening his razor into its lance form, Bellerephon raises the wicked black blade Hands above his head, the weapon pointed toward Cassius so that Bellerephon looks like so in the air