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| ==== Kellok Manor ==== | ==== Kellok Manor ==== | ||
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| Zaheri brings Rumin to Kellok Manor and places him under the supervision of Anatalla. Rumin seems relieved to be alive and too pragmatic to complain about the arrangement. He understands quickly that this is not imprisonment in the simple sense. It is conscription by competence. | Zaheri brings Rumin to Kellok Manor and places him under the supervision of Anatalla. Rumin seems relieved to be alive and too pragmatic to complain about the arrangement. He understands quickly that this is not imprisonment in the simple sense. It is conscription by competence. | ||
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| Later, with the two of them speaking more privately, Zaheri decides to test a thought that has likely already crossed Rumin’s mind. | Later, with the two of them speaking more privately, Zaheri decides to test a thought that has likely already crossed Rumin’s mind. | ||
| - | //'' | + | //"You considered it, did you not?"// |
| - | Rumin glances at him, wary but not confused. //'' | + | Rumin glances at him, wary but not confused. //"Being turned?"// |
| - | Zaheri gives the slightest incline of his head. //'' | + | Zaheri gives the slightest incline of his head. //"You served a vampire with two vampire minons"// |
| - | Rumin lets out a dry breath through his nose. //'' | + | Rumin lets out a dry breath through his nose. //"I did think about it. Once."// |
| - | //'' | + | //"And now?"// Zaheri asks. |
| - | Rumin is quiet for a moment. //'' | + | Rumin is quiet for a moment. //"Now I think I was in love with not dying, not with what it would make me. That is different. I do not want it anymore."// |
| - | //'' | + | //"A wise distinction, |
| Before he leaves, Zaheri finds Hanst and steals a few quiet moments with her. The children are nearby, close enough that their presence fills the edges of the conversation even when they are not speaking. It changes the air around her. She does not seem diminished by motherhood... if anything, she seems further anchored, as though her will has driven roots into the world. | Before he leaves, Zaheri finds Hanst and steals a few quiet moments with her. The children are nearby, close enough that their presence fills the edges of the conversation even when they are not speaking. It changes the air around her. She does not seem diminished by motherhood... if anything, she seems further anchored, as though her will has driven roots into the world. | ||
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| Zaheri asks after their routines, their sleep, the small domestic rhythms of the house that would once have seemed beneath notice. They are not beneath notice now. Hanst gives him a sidelong look after one of his questions runs just slightly too long on nothing more consequential than whether the twins are keeping the same sleep schedule. | Zaheri asks after their routines, their sleep, the small domestic rhythms of the house that would once have seemed beneath notice. They are not beneath notice now. Hanst gives him a sidelong look after one of his questions runs just slightly too long on nothing more consequential than whether the twins are keeping the same sleep schedule. | ||
| - | //'' | + | //"You do know,"// she says, //"that you can simply say you missed us."// |
| The words draw a rare pause out of him. | The words draw a rare pause out of him. | ||
| - | His answer is softer than most he gives anyone. //'' | + | His answer is softer than most he gives anyone. //"I missed hearing your voice each day."// A beat. //"Each night, rather."// |
| Something in Hanst’s expression gentles, though she does not mock him for the correction. | Something in Hanst’s expression gentles, though she does not mock him for the correction. | ||
| - | //'' | + | //"You are allowed to say such things plainly,"// she tells him. |
| - | Zaheri looks toward the children before answering. //'' | + | Zaheri looks toward the children before answering. //"I am learning that many things are permitted to me that I did not once account for."// |
| - | Hanst steps closer, not enough to make a scene of tenderness, only enough to make clear that none is needed. //'' | + | Hanst steps closer, not enough to make a scene of tenderness, only enough to make clear that none is needed. //"They are well,"// she says. //"And so am I. You are building too much to vanish into your own thoughts every time you leave for the capital."// |
| He inclines his head, accepting the rebuke for the care that lies under it. | He inclines his head, accepting the rebuke for the care that lies under it. | ||
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| Before returning to Mechitar, Zaheri prepares his report for Berline. He does not trust the roads, the carriers, or the number of hands through which written truth may pass. He writes the report plainly first, then lays //secret page// over it, disguising its contents beneath something innocuous and administrative. By itself that would be caution. Combined with what follows, it becomes prudence. | Before returning to Mechitar, Zaheri prepares his report for Berline. He does not trust the roads, the carriers, or the number of hands through which written truth may pass. He writes the report plainly first, then lays //secret page// over it, disguising its contents beneath something innocuous and administrative. By itself that would be caution. Combined with what follows, it becomes prudence. | ||
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| ==== Bremeteria Veng ==== | ==== Bremeteria Veng ==== | ||
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| Their invitation to meet with Professor Veng is for the 20th of Neth. This leaves a bit over a week for the trip back to Graydirdge and to get to know the city better. | Their invitation to meet with Professor Veng is for the 20th of Neth. This leaves a bit over a week for the trip back to Graydirdge and to get to know the city better. | ||
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