"We mean no dishonor to... «A Stranger in Olondria»

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    RamingoWS
    18 августа 2018

    "We mean no dishonor to Avalei or your person, veimaro," one of them grumbled, scratching his neck. "But we have come for a man, a foreigner." He scanned the group and pointed to me with his sword. "That one. The islander. We`ve come for him." "That man is our my guest," Auram said icely. "An insult to him is and insult to me and through me to the Ripener of the Grain." "Our orders are from the Telkan," said another soldier, not the one who had spoken first, his dark face swollen with impatience. Auram smiled. "Our speech begins to form a circle, gentlemen." His finger twirled in the air, its shadow revolving on the ceiling. "Round and round. Round and round. You invoke the king, and I invoke the goddess. Which do you think will prove the stronger?"

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