The Dragon Variation
“Balance achieved. —Daav yos'Phelium, Sixth Delm of Korval Entry in the Delm's Diary for Trianna Secondayin the Fourth Relumma of the Year named Sandir "MORNING WINE OR RED?""Red, if you please," Er Thom answered absently, eyes on the counterchance board sitting ready before the hearth.Daav filled the glass and put it into his brother's hand, added a splash of morning wine to his own cup and shot a shrewd glance at the other's abstracted face."What's amiss?""Hmm?" Er Thom had wandered over to th...e board. He picked up a pair of dice, idly shook and released them: Eighteen."Is it true," he murmured, perhaps to the dice, "that Eba yos'Phelium was publicly whipped by her thodelm?"Daav's eyebrows rose. "Yes," he said matter-of-factly, "but you must understand that it was the means by which her life was preserved."Violet eyes flashed to his face. "Ah, was it?""Certainly. Times were—unsettled. To make a complex tale simple, Eba fell into the hands of those who wished Korval ill. They then showed her, still bleeding from the abduction, knife along her throat, to her thodelm, who was also her cha'leket."The enemies of Korval were adamant that Eba be punished for some insult they had concocted.MoreLess
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