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"Yeah," Tonk Fah added, peeking into a closet "And it has plenty of storage Bet we could fit a good half-dozen bodies in here alone"
Vivenna shot the twothem to chuckle to themselves The house wasn’t as nice as Lemex’s had been; she didn’t want to be ostentatious It was one ofa well- was bordered on either side with large pal the view should sos
She was pleased Part of her balked at living in a ho ’s palace back in Idris However, she and Parlin had looked at and rejected cheaper sections of town She didn’t want to live in a place where she was afraid to go out at night, particularly since she worried that her Breath et
She trailed down the stairs, theThe house had three stories--a s cha roo was sparsely furnished, and Parlin had gone to the market to shop for more She hadn’t wanted to spend the money, but Denth had pointed out that they must at least try to keep up appearances, lest they end up drawing even more attention
"Old Lemex’s house will be taken care of soon," Denth said "We left so that the old lars will take care of tonight By touard will be there, and they’ll assuled The nurse has been paid off, and she never kneho Lemex really was anyway When nobody comes to pay for the funeral services, the authorities will take the house in forfeit and have the body burned with other debtors"
Vivenna stopped at the botto "That doesn’t sound very respectful"
Denth shrugged "What do you want to do? Go claim him at the charnel house yourself? Give hiet people asking questions, that," Tonk Fah said
"Better to just let others deal with it," Denth said
"I suppose," Vivenna said, turning away fro roo his body be cared for by"
"By what?" Denth said, aans?"
Vivenna didn’t look at him
"The old man didn’t seem to care much about heathen ways," Tonk Fah noted "Not with the nuive him the money to buy them?"
Vivenna closed her eyes
You hold those same Breaths, she told herself You’re not innocent in all of this
She hadn’t been given a choice She could only hope and assume that her father had felt he was in a si
Lacking furniture, Vivenna arranged her dress and knelt on the wooden floor, hands in her lap Denth and Tonk Fah sat back against the wall, looking just as coing in plush chairs "All right, Princess," Denth said, unfolding a paper froot some plans for you"
"Please continue, then"
"First," Denth said, "we can get you awith some of Vahr’s allies"
"Who exactly was thisShe didn’t like the idea of working with revolutionaries
"Vahr was a worker in the dye fields," Denth said "Things can get bad out in those fields--long hours, little ot the bright idea that if he could convince enough of the other workers to give hiht be able to use the power to start a revolt against the overseers Becah of a hero to the people in the outer flower plantations that he actually drew the attention of the Court of Gods"
"Never truly had a chance of starting a real rebellion," Tonk Fah said
"So what good are his men to us?" Vivenna asked "If they never had a chance of succeeding"
"Well," Denth said, "you didn’t say anything about a rebellion or anything like that You just want to o to war"
"Revolts in the fields would sure be a pain during war," Tonk Fah added
Vivenna nodded "All right," she said "Let’s meet with them"
"Just so you know, Princess," Denth said "These aren’t particularlysophisticated kinds of folks"
"I aards all people equally"
"I didn’this chin "It’s not that they’re peasants, it’s thatwell, when Vahr’s little insurrection went bad, these are the people ere set out quickly That means they weren’t all that committed to him in the first place"
"In other words," Tonk Fah said, "they were really just a bunch of thugs and criht be the source of soht "And do ant to associate with people like that?"
Denth shrugged "We have to start sos on the list are a bit more fun," Tonk Fah said
"And they are?" Vivenna asked
"Raid the Lifeless storage ware house, for one," Denth said, ss--not without drawing the rest of theht be able to muck up the way the creatures work"
"That sounds dangerous," Vivenna said