I needed to hear it said, but once will be...
I needed to hear it said, but once will be enoughYes, I agree with youThey must be taken down together
Alessan nodded, and some of his own rigidly controlled tension seemed to ease awayHe said, "There are those who still think otherwiseI value your agreement
He glanced over at Baerd, smiling a little wryly, then back to the Duke"You mentioned Alberico's use of magic as if it should have a meaning now for usWhat meaning then? We are ignorant in these mattersIf you aren't a wizard you are meant to be ignorant Sandre smiled thinly"The meaning is straightforward though: there is such an overflow of magic spilling out from this room tonight that any paltry power canvas gucci bags of my own that I invoke will be completely screenedI think I can ensure that your names are not given to the torturers tomorrow
"I see," said Alessan, nodding slowlyDevin did not see anything; he felt as if he were churning along in the turbulent wake of information"You can take yourself through space? You can go in there and bring him out?" Alessan's eyes were bright
Sandre was shaking his head thoughHe held up his left hand, all five fingers spread wide"I never chopped two fingers in the wizard's final binding to the PalmMy magic is profoundly limitedI can't say I regret it, I would never have been Duke of Astibar had I done so, given the prejudices and the vintage fake rolex watches laws governing wizards here, but it constrains what I am able to doI can go in there myself, yes, but I am not strong enough to bring someone else outI can take him something though
"I see," said Alessan again, but in a different voiceHe pushed a hand through his disordered hair"I am sorry," he said at length, softly
The Duke's face was expressionlessAbove the white beard and the gaunt cheeks his eyes gave nothing away at allBehind him the fire crackled, sparks snapping outward into the room
"I have a condition," Sandre said
"Which is?"
“That you allow me to come with youHere in Astibar I can speak to no one, achieve nothingIf I am to preserve any purpose now handbags louis vuitton to the botched deception of my dying I must go with youPrince of Tigana, will you accept a feeble wizard in your entourage? A wizard come freely, not bound by some legend?"
For a long time Alessan was silent, looking at the other man, his hands quiet at his sidesThen, unexpectedly, he grinnedIt was like a flash of light, a gleam of warmth cracking the ice in the room
"How attached are you," he asked, in a quite unexpected tone of voice, "to your beard and your white hair?"
A second later Devin heard a strange soundIt took him a moment to recognize that what he was hearing was the high, wheezing, genuine amusement of the Duke of Astibar
"Do with me what you fake gucci watch will," Sandre said as his mirth subsided"What will you do, tinge my locks red as the maid's?"
Alessan shook his headOne of those manes is more than sufficient for a single companyI leave these matters to Baerd thoughI leave a great many things to Baerd
"Then I shall place myself in his hands," Sandre saidHe bowed gravely to the yellow-haired manBaerd, Devin saw, did not look entirely happy
"I will not swear an oath," the Duke said to him"I swore one vow when Alberico came, and it is the last vow I shall ever swearI will say though that it shall be my endeavor for the rest of my days to ensure that you do not regret thisWill that content you?"
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