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“See the weird lights in that high turret window? We’ve been hired to find out what the chancellor’s doing up there, every night. The king suspects foul magic.”
“The chancellor is the king’s subject,” the thief pointed out. #epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 5, 2018
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“Why doesn’t the king just ASK him? At swordpoint, with half a dozen loyal-to-the-crown wizards standing there with spells at the ready, and some archers with drawn bows, too.”
“Ah, you mean the subtle approach?”
“Exactly.”#epic fantasy “I don’t think it’s the royal style. Open threat of violence, blunt question, public embarrassment, making an enemy not just of the chancellor but of all his noble kin…no. Not when you have money enough to buy someone else…#epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 5, 2018
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…to stick their neck out; someone expendable.”
“Us.”
“Precisely.”
“You make this job sound SO enticing.”
My diplomatic skills are legendary.”
“Good. It’s settled, then. We’ll go drinking, and YOU go and ask the chancellor.”#epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 5, 2018