1)
[Palonder, murmuring] “Tripwire, Lord.”
“So they’re expecting us. Go back and get the lightest-looking dead soldier, drag him here, toss him across the tripwire—and LEAP back!”
“Very good, Lord. I’m familiar with the tactic. 2)
“Oh? I don’t recall your duties having anything to do with, ah, corpse-slinging.”
“I’ve been reading, Lord. Your, ah, lurid chapbooks of Naressa the Night Princess.”
“Whose authorship, let me remind you, is a state secret!”#epicfantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 29, 2019
3)
“I work in the Castle, Lord. We lowly dogsbodies do all the work, so we learn almost all of the secrets due to overheard talk, doing the records, and deducing the merely obvious.”
“But Palonder, if you intend to rise in Court… 4)
…rank—AND keep your head attached to your shoulders, you must pretend never to have noticed any state secret. It’s called ‘discretion.’”
“Ah. Tell me, Lord, have you any?”#epicfantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 29, 2019
