“There were boxes stacked on the dock, and more boxes being carried about by muscular wretches who must be oarsmen. Green Stone watched for a time. Captain Saziff looked to be dressed for a banquet, in gold earrings and a new yellow silk shirt, hair in a thousand braids.The ship had been quite idle when they watched him from the Feasting Heights. Was Saziff putting on a show?Sandry called from the dock. “Captain Saziff!”A seaman Sandry remembered as Raililiee led them aft.The harried captain lef...t off his bellowing. “Excuse me, Lords,” he said. “You’d be of the wagon folk? And”—a bit startled—“Lord…Sandry. Of the Burning City.”“Yes, Captain. My Aunt Shanda had a commission for you.”“Yes. Yes, of course. The money is with the city moneychanger, Lord Sandry, but that oarsman jumped ship with the teller’s guardsman and left the teller’s corpse behind. Excuse my distraction, Lords.”Sandry fumbled his way through that. “You don’t have Regapisk?”“No.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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