“Didn’t care for my help too much in the stable,” Royce said. “Yeah, well … thank Maribor and Novron I didn’t need your help that time.” Then the hawk turned into a moth that became distracted by the light of the moon.” I only got away because the dwarf ran out of eggs. The dwarf kept smashing eggs in my face, and that ruddy pig pinned me down, licking them off. I was knocked from my horse and wrestled with the dwarf, the hawk, and the pig for what had to be half an hour. By the way, in case you hadn’t noticed, I was attacked by a goshawk and a pig-riding dwarf that shot eggs at me with a sling. Getting chilly out, don’t you think, Hadrian? Moon looks like a fingernail, ain’t that right, Hadrian? That tree looks like a goddamn bear, don’t it, Hadrian? Nothing. “How long were we on the road?” He paused to look up at the moon. Hadrian dismounted and began unloading Dancer. Couldn’t keep the words from coming out then, but no, utterly impossible to indicate in any way that we’ll be stopping here for the night.” You had plenty to say back in Arcadius’s office. Even you could manage that, right? I mean, I know you can talk. “You could have said, ‘We’re going to bed down here for the rest of the night.’ No, wait, you’re right, too much. Royce said nothing, still refusing to acknowledge his existence. “Royce saw to his horse’s needs then, finding a suitable place, he unrolled his blanket and lay down.
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