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Secrets Told as Lies are Nevertheless Revealed

“I don’t remember them being this bad at the beginning of the year.  Have things changed, or are they just doing it more – more obviously? – than they were?”

Saydrie suppressed a sigh.  Taikie would get ahold of things like this and she would just worry at them like a bone until they either gave in to her knowledge or someone yelled at her.  He…

“Do you remember?”  She had quizzed Riensin until he refused to talk to her. She had pestered Tesdes until he had picked up a charcoal and a slip of paper and drawn his memory ot the Voice of the Emperor, which, it seemed, was seven lines and a raised eyebrow.

Now she was asking Gianci, because he was an unknown quantity and he might be observant enough to have noticed more than a raised eyebrow.

Epilogue: The Goat Races

It seemed that being in the favor of the Emperor, at least for the moment, had a few immediate benefits. One of those was being in charge of the imperial bureaucrats as they searched the Library. Enrie had never been in charge of people before and she found it very educational. She had also not spend that much time around imperial bureaucrats, and she found that educational as well. It also had…

Chapter 59A: An Alarming Call

They’d been back at school for two weeks.  Enrie was entirely caught up on all her classes, and Taikie was back into reading ahead by at least a week.  Their Instructors had either forgiven them, or, in the case of those more nosy than fretful about academics, had stopped asking what was going on. “Lady Enerenarie.” They were between their last two classes; Gianci walked up to them looking…

Chapter 58C: A Breath of Normalcy

“Hello there.  It has been a while, hasn’t it?  Almost an eon.”  Gianci had spent almost all of his time in the days since they returned placating his teammates and roommates, all of whom had been irked with him.  Enrie had only seen him in passing in the lounge in their tower and in even briefer moments, like this, in the dining hall. She twisted to look up at him.  “Two or three eons, at least.…

Chapter 57B: Old School Friends and New

Elelakorra’s gaze moved to Libkazaarie and stayed there for a moment.  “My protection includes you, of course.  It has been a while, hasn’t it?” Libkazarrie cleared her throat uncomfortably. “It has. Honored Voice.” “None of that, Librie.” Elelakorra hopped up to sit on her desk and swung her legs over to face them.  “Come on.  You were Librie and I was Elora.  You remember.” “I remember,”…