The Empire Stone
“Peirol said, “I’m very fond of gods or the people who associate with them. They’ve brought me not much but grief.”
“And I’m not very sure I like men,” Zaimis said. “For the same reasons.”
“But what about me?”
“You’re different.”
“I’m a dwarf?”
“That, too. I meant you seem to actually care about women.”
“Of course,” Peirol said. “Who doesn’t?”
“Oh, I suppose that man on the ship would have been one of those who don’t, except in bed. What was his name, Edirne?” Zaimis said. “The sort I’m always a...ttracted to, it seems. Aulard. Makonnen. My father. Some other boys, men, whose names wouldn’t matter to you. It’s a long list,” she said sadly, then brightened. “You know, if that horrible Makonnen had done what I thought he was planning, he wouldn’t have been around long enough to meet his Redeemer, not that I ever think there was any such anywhere but in his imagination.”
Peirol lifted an eyebrow.
“I would have poisoned the bastard before he could’ve gotten his hand above my knee,”MoreLess
“And I’m not very sure I like men,” Zaimis said. “For the same reasons.”
“But what about me?”
“You’re different.”
“I’m a dwarf?”
“That, too. I meant you seem to actually care about women.”
“Of course,” Peirol said. “Who doesn’t?”
“Oh, I suppose that man on the ship would have been one of those who don’t, except in bed. What was his name, Edirne?” Zaimis said. “The sort I’m always a...ttracted to, it seems. Aulard. Makonnen. My father. Some other boys, men, whose names wouldn’t matter to you. It’s a long list,” she said sadly, then brightened. “You know, if that horrible Makonnen had done what I thought he was planning, he wouldn’t have been around long enough to meet his Redeemer, not that I ever think there was any such anywhere but in his imagination.”
Peirol lifted an eyebrow.
“I would have poisoned the bastard before he could’ve gotten his hand above my knee,”MoreLess
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