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No one ured the warriors knew the obliging had nothing to do with theFalonar
The Dea al Mon walked out of the co Chaosti into ht, Lucivar felt his teed as he walked up to Falonar “That’s the second tiuarantee you won’t survive if you try it a third time”
He motioned to Zaranar and Rothvar “Get Prince Falonar back to his eyrie and summon the Healer The rest of you are dismissed—except you, Hallevar”
The twohis snarled protest, and carried him out The other men departed as quickly as they could
When he was alone with the ar with hi it harder than the others to accept that when it coht be second best in this Realm Not you, of course” He hesitated, then added, “We’re an arrogant race, Lucivar You know that as well as I do”
“We are, and I do But we’re not stupid, and when aa Gray-Jeweled Warlord Prince during a friendly sparring match is plain stupid, nohas been chewing at him lately, that’s for sure, but I can’t tell you what I don’t know I can tell you that, even as boys, you and Falonar lived by different shades of honor”
“Honor is honor,” Lucivar snapped “It doesn’t come in shades”
“Yeah” Hallevar smiled “As boy or man, that line was always clear to you I don’t think it was ever that clear for Falonar, which is probably why the two of you can’t get along any better now than you did back then And there’s the other thing” He frowned, then shook his head
“Say it”
“You’ve fought your battles, and you’ve got nothing to prove So you’re content to rule a territory that isn’t churned up all the tihts”
“In that, I’m no different than any other ruler in Kaeleer”
“Maybe that’s the point Hard for a man to make a name for hihed “You made your name, Lucivar, whether you intended to or not You spent ained a reputation on the killing fields, and hearing your naoing to feel that way about Falonar”
No, no one would fear Prince Falonar Not in Kaeleer, anyway
“Now can I ask you a question?” Hallevar said
“Sure Ask”
“Why have you been so soft with the Eyriens in Ebon Rih? Those lazy bastards in the northern camps don’t want to hold their own cocks when they take a piss, let alone do anything useful Why didn’t you kick their asses off these o where?” Lucivar asked quietly
“What difference does it make where—” Hallevar stopped Stared
“Yeah” Lucivar s has a price”