Krispos the Emperor
“"Best if we don't have to find out. I hope you have something along those lines in mind." "I do." Phostis took deep, happy gulps of seaside air. The salt tang and the aroma of stale fish reminded him at a level almost below consciousness of the way things smelled around the palaces. For the first time in months, he felt at home.
A fisherman leapt from the little boat he'd just tied to a pier. His catch was similarly minimal, a couple of buckets of mackerel and other, less interesting, fare.... "Good day," Phostis called to him.
The fisherman was closer to sixty than fifty, and looked deathly tired. "Maybe you think so," he said. "It is a day. It is done. It is enough." Phostis said, "I will give you two goldpieces for that boat, and another to forget you ever sold it to me." The boat could not have been worth more than a goldpiece and a half. Phostis didn't care. He had the money and he needed to be out of Pityos as fast as he could. He pressed ahead: "Does that make it a better day, if not a good one?" He pulled out the three bright gold coins from his pouch and held them in the palm of his hand so they sparkled into the fisherman's face.MoreLess
A fisherman leapt from the little boat he'd just tied to a pier. His catch was similarly minimal, a couple of buckets of mackerel and other, less interesting, fare.... "Good day," Phostis called to him.
The fisherman was closer to sixty than fifty, and looked deathly tired. "Maybe you think so," he said. "It is a day. It is done. It is enough." Phostis said, "I will give you two goldpieces for that boat, and another to forget you ever sold it to me." The boat could not have been worth more than a goldpiece and a half. Phostis didn't care. He had the money and he needed to be out of Pityos as fast as he could. He pressed ahead: "Does that make it a better day, if not a good one?" He pulled out the three bright gold coins from his pouch and held them in the palm of his hand so they sparkled into the fisherman's face.MoreLess
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