The Ten Thousand
“He grunted out some response, the dreams of the night still fogging his mind, and in came the morning-maid with her head bowed and a sealed scroll of parchment quivering like a bird upon the silver tray she held out.
He rose in the bed, the silk sheets whispering off his torso to reveal the broad form of an athlete—he had always been vain about his physique—and took the message from the tray. “I’ll eat in the garden, Bisa.”
“Yes, lord.” The girl, a low-caste hufsa, bowed and left with the soft ...slap of bare feet on the mosaic floor. From outside, Vorus could hear the birds squabbling in the fountain, and the rill of the water got him thinking on other things. He reached the silver pot out from under the bed and stood pissing into it while breaking the seal of the letter. Astiarnes of Tanis—a good man. He remembered— “Phobos!”
He puddled the floor before collecting himself, and the parchment flapped in his fingers. “Kyrosh!”
A tall Kefren with skin the colour of birch-bark glided through the door.MoreLess
He rose in the bed, the silk sheets whispering off his torso to reveal the broad form of an athlete—he had always been vain about his physique—and took the message from the tray. “I’ll eat in the garden, Bisa.”
“Yes, lord.” The girl, a low-caste hufsa, bowed and left with the soft ...slap of bare feet on the mosaic floor. From outside, Vorus could hear the birds squabbling in the fountain, and the rill of the water got him thinking on other things. He reached the silver pot out from under the bed and stood pissing into it while breaking the seal of the letter. Astiarnes of Tanis—a good man. He remembered— “Phobos!”
He puddled the floor before collecting himself, and the parchment flapped in his fingers. “Kyrosh!”
A tall Kefren with skin the colour of birch-bark glided through the door.MoreLess
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