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“It is an honor to reat dark head “And an even greater honor to escort you to the palace”
"We're going to the palace? With this guy?”
“Oh, yes,” Krush s to the palace”
I ah there are eyes everywhere We skip around drones, and we avoid patrols, but still Lyric’s intrusion intohas ht about this a lot, she simply staked out the most popular Blindspot There are only so many locations where scum and exiled korabi can trade She didn’t find me, so much as she found where she kneould need to be
We are h the streets hat I consider to be a brazen kind of openness I hope Krush isn’t going to get us all killed because he insists on behaving as though the whole world is his
“Here we are The palace” Krush extends a proud ar noticeable It is a building, like h I suppose there are a few noticeable qualities The buildings that once would have stood around it have been cleared to rubble to create a sort of perimeter
This is not a palace But it is a building the likes of which I have not inhabited for a very long time Abandoned at some point for soreat number of additions
The longer I look, the hold This has been fortified in many directions If I am not mistaken it sits over various scureat construction, now that I look at it with the eyes of technician It is not all the way there yet There is much to be done, but much has already been done Many hands have worked here for a single purpose It almost reminds me of the den I used to share with my family
"What if they send drones to destroy this?”
“We have been using your technology, Jax Extending it Our palace is tapped into the y networks, so it cannot be cut off If they cut one feed, there are dozens of redundancies There are cannons on the roof capable of bringing down drones long before they can unleash their payloads I can run through all the security ineerfrouard,” he extends his big, dom”
It can’t be this simple Or wait Can it be simple? Why can't it be this si lives Technically, the scu in have been teeny tiny little palaces all of their own
“I intend to make a broadcast in very short order,” Krush says “I wanted you to be here to see it”
He has outfitted his palace with all the essentials, including a communications cha manned by scum He has incorporated hu to ever do that
“Are you happy?” He looks at me with an adorable level of anxiety “I want you to feel safe I want you to know that I will use my power to protect you”
“I’ with tears Krush has toiled to build this place for us He has withstood huer from both In his new palace, I am more than happy I am home
Krush
“Hello usurpers, traitors, and general undeserving filth, this is your king Your true king, not your purple pretender”
I wish I could see their faces As it is, I have to is It is not nearly as satisfying as it could be, but it will have to do for the moment
“This is the neer of Megaris! Keep the palace, and the korabi enclave I hold the entirety of the real city I have the loyalty not only of the disavowed korabi, but of the scum too Your elites can only ithin the boundaries of their limited little worlds So we have thementations interrupted, they will become entirely useless to you I don’t have to explain that we are capable of doing that, and ill if you ressive action toward us Oh And…” I draw Jax into franant noant them to see that I want theratulations are in order Soon, a new heir will rise This is where our baby will be born This is where our faaris lies So Rath, Tusk, enjoy rattling around in that big, old shard with your lying, duplicitous, so-called soldiers, wondering when they will cut your throats or send assassins for you Live in fear of your own , while yours draws to a nominious end”