“Yes, indeed that's so.”
“In more ways than you know… “
“And how is that, friend?”
“The Gracious Dead. Scarcely anyone is aware of the truth of this. These servants of the King are the unwanted children of the Heldessian poor. They have been raised in secret for generations past, by Obern Oberbyght and those in his family who came before. They never knew who they were, sir, or what other lives they might have lived.”
“No, that can't be. It's too great a horror to be real!” Finn felt as if something dark and chill had coiled up within his belly. For an instant, he imagined he could hear the cries of those who'd been so sorely used through countless years.
“It can't be, but it is, sir. I fear it's sadly so… “
Koodigern was only a blur, now, a wisp of vapor that quickly vanished into the night.
“Finn stood alone on Garpenny street, unaware of the cold, or the fast-approaching dawn. When the first faint hint of the day smudged the sky, he felt a great weariness overtake him, and he walked back to his door, under the sign that read THE LIZARD SHOPPE. It needed paint, as it always had before.
Inside, Julia Jessica Slagg sat unmoving by the stairs, as she had some hours before.
“I told you to take a cloak, but you won't listen to me. Not our good and noble Master Finn.”
“Don't ever call me noble, Julia, not even in jest. It's not a title I can bear. I shall make myself some thistle tea, now. And do not wake Letitia, let her have her sleep.
“After I've had a cup or two to bring the warmth back to my bones, you and I will have a very long talk in the quiet of the shop. There must be a way to bring a vile and dangerous sorcerer down, and I shall need a lizard with a sly ferret's brain to give me good advice…”
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