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Rousing VII: Agnize, part iii

    Adwyn was still talking.  "…I ordered Kinri to return the corpse to Gwynt and Digrif, and I pursued the thief who still wore his cloak.  At this point, a skein of guards was en route, with orders to split and pursue either thief.


    mold that clogs the throat and restricted movement.  Water kills it, and this was the only thing that saved us.


    as it happened — even if that record is embarrassing.  I saw what happened at the net: you reached the net first, but dropped your knife.  I see that it is a small omission, but if we cannot trust you to speak honestly about the little things, how can we ever trust you with the bigger ones?"


    right.  There were things I had good reasons for hiding, but this wasn''t one of them.  It''s just… I wanted to be instead of a disgrace some kind of hero, and heroes don''t drop their weapons, right?  The Kinri who saved Hinte from rockwraiths, who stood against the humans, she wouldn''t drop her weapon.


    goals, Kinri?  Ambitions?"


    Adwyn, the military adviser Adwyn, Rhyfel-sofran''s second in command," I echoed Gwynt''s words.  I could make a good parrot.


    the military adviser Adwyn.  Dragons recognize me for my position, but I am hardly famous in myself.  The Rhyfel?  Of course.  The Ushra?  Sure.  The Aurisiuf?  Unfortunately.  But the Adwyn?  You''ll never hear it uttered.  I''m middling significant here, and that''s all I need for my ends."


    are your ends, Sof — Gyf — Adwyn?"


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    It was a very clear day, and a cloud had just passed in front of the sun.


    she said, "Hello Kinri, the Specter with no cloak."  Behind me, her voice was a wind from the shadows.  On the nape of my neck, her perfumed breath was a shiver.


    familiar in its inflection, that the confirmation quickened my heart further, flushed the blood from my brilles, and scared me.  I shifted my face out of phase of my mind.  It turned to a door, behind which things are heard but not seen.


    Such a delectable scent."  What made it so vitrifying, though, was how it was said.


    Such a disgrace."


    intently at the mess of colors that was her cloak''s sleeve, letting it take up my field of view completely.  I spoke again, drawling, "Is this an illusionmaster chiding me about appearances?"


    such a disgrace."


    We can scent a bevy of options from even our distant position.  Thou hast made no advances with Bariaeth, whom thou knowest holds much power and no loyalty to the faer.  Thou hast made no effort to capitalize upon thy relation with the high alchemist''s heir — which would be effortless on thy part.  Thou art entertaining that vexsome canyon-dweller who stands in way of our plans.  Thou seest the faer''s brother everyday, and thou hast not even noticed."


    intently the colors.  My brow furrowed as I noticed how they seemed… less vivid, almost distorted, compared to the other cloaks I''d seen, in the sky.


    wouldn''t."


    boring."


    never — even you wouldn''t have made such a game of it."


    such a disgrace pretend to know me.  Thou shalt quiet thyself, and I will fulfill my mission."


    vandalized —"


    told you all it was like that when I found it!  For all the things I did that you all couldn''t appreciate, I really didn''t do this one."


    such a disgraceful job of it."


    gyras.  Even knowing what had come before and what came after, it had been gyras.  I let her near forgotten scent draw out a smile on my face.


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    Adwyn''s frown was waxing deeper, and he cut my story off with a wing.  His voice was soft, dangerous.  "There is another Specter in Gwymr/Frina?"


    What is this new order of yours?"


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