Oath of Gold
“began the Knight-Commander of Falk, “we can only try to help you as we can.”
Paks smiled at his expression. “Do you know Marshal-General Arianya, sir?”
His nose twitched. “Yes; I met her in Vérella one time. A remarkable woman.”
“She might enlighten you about my past,” Paks suggested.
“Oh—” Under direct challenge, he seemed to deflate. “Ward of Falk,” he said then. “I’ve no reason to doubt you’re who or what you say—and I know a paladin cannot lie. To be honest, I suppose it galls a bit that th...e High Lord chose a paladin of Gird for this, when I would have thought a Falkian could do as much.”
“Save that someone born and brought up here would have assumed the prince’s death, sir. It is that ignorance, perhaps, which makes me suitable.”
“I would have expected such reasoning from a kuakgannir, Lady, not a Girdsman. Emptiness calls fulfillment—is that what you mean?”
Paks shook her head. “Not precisely, though as you should know if you do not, the final healing of my wounds came from a Kuakgan.MoreLess
Paks smiled at his expression. “Do you know Marshal-General Arianya, sir?”
His nose twitched. “Yes; I met her in Vérella one time. A remarkable woman.”
“She might enlighten you about my past,” Paks suggested.
“Oh—” Under direct challenge, he seemed to deflate. “Ward of Falk,” he said then. “I’ve no reason to doubt you’re who or what you say—and I know a paladin cannot lie. To be honest, I suppose it galls a bit that th...e High Lord chose a paladin of Gird for this, when I would have thought a Falkian could do as much.”
“Save that someone born and brought up here would have assumed the prince’s death, sir. It is that ignorance, perhaps, which makes me suitable.”
“I would have expected such reasoning from a kuakgannir, Lady, not a Girdsman. Emptiness calls fulfillment—is that what you mean?”
Paks shook her head. “Not precisely, though as you should know if you do not, the final healing of my wounds came from a Kuakgan.MoreLess
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