Dragon (Vlad Taltos)
“RUN AWAY!
I scanned the faces before me; mostly I was looking at warriors, all of them large and, well, scary-looking. Most of them were Dragonlords, but I saw at least two Dzurlords among them. They were all noticeably lacking in sympathy. Behind them were the sorcerers, and, though I couldn’t see him, I knew Fornia was behind them somewhere, watching the progress of the battle—the slaughter—and making decisions that would let his forces do more of the slaughtering. That, after all, was what war was about.
Someone came forward, a Dragonlord I’d never seen before. He said, “I am Jurg’n e’Tennith. You are here to ask for terms?” He seemed doubtful. He probably didn’t think Morrolan would send an Easterner.
I said, “Not exactly.”
“To negotiate, then?”
I was considering how to answer this when someone else pushed his way through the warriors, and I recognized Ori. He said, “He’s no negotiator; he’s an assassin. Kill him.”
Well, I reflected, that certainly put the negotiations on a differ...ent footing.MoreLess
I scanned the faces before me; mostly I was looking at warriors, all of them large and, well, scary-looking. Most of them were Dragonlords, but I saw at least two Dzurlords among them. They were all noticeably lacking in sympathy. Behind them were the sorcerers, and, though I couldn’t see him, I knew Fornia was behind them somewhere, watching the progress of the battle—the slaughter—and making decisions that would let his forces do more of the slaughtering. That, after all, was what war was about.
Someone came forward, a Dragonlord I’d never seen before. He said, “I am Jurg’n e’Tennith. You are here to ask for terms?” He seemed doubtful. He probably didn’t think Morrolan would send an Easterner.
I said, “Not exactly.”
“To negotiate, then?”
I was considering how to answer this when someone else pushed his way through the warriors, and I recognized Ori. He said, “He’s no negotiator; he’s an assassin. Kill him.”
Well, I reflected, that certainly put the negotiations on a differ...ent footing.MoreLess
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