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>SELECTED: “I will begin our lessons concerning the main Cathagi dialects now. I trust that my tutelage in this subject can be treated with absolute discretion.” An agent for the Reginate in the Crescent Palace at all is valuable enough as it is, but one that can subtly pay attention to Palace gossip may prove priceless. Once you are accomplished enough to understand most of what you hear in a few months time, the focus of Antoninus’ duties can be revisited.
>SELECTED: “My main interest in your services harks back to your old profession, with a focus on transcribing scrolls from the Athenaeum into the Cantonian language.” The vast knowledge to be found in the Athenaeum is a well that you must drink deeply from. And now, following your induction and new hire, very few of its ancient halls will remain closed to you. After of few months of dedicated transcribing, Antoninus’ role might be redirected or tailored further towards certain subjects. [Athenaeum Transcribing]
<span class="mu-i">“Of course, you shall find in me the very ideal of circumspection.”</span> Your new translator seems to be a perceptive old chap, but he is at least prudent enough to refrain from speculating as to why you might prioritise learning the Cathagi dialects in secret at the outset of your service with the Dragon Guard. <span class="mu-i">“As for my role as a transcriber, I welcome a return to the halls of the Athenaeum. To see the looks on my detractors faces…hah! I imagine your have some particular topic of interest to start with?”</span>
<span class="mu-i">“I do.”</span> You nod, leaning forward. <span class="mu-i">“Anything and everything to do with Ardenne.”</span>
<span class="mu-i">“Economics, history, politics… perhaps in the 5th and 6th Century, Cantonion calendar. That will be readily available.”</span> Antoninus returns your nod, stroking his beard thoughtfully. <span class="mu-i">“And the Anomaly, I imagine you will want everything we have on that?”</span>
<span class="mu-i">“Indeed. And -anything- there is written about what we know of this land and its denizens since.”</span> You pause your list of specific topics, having had your curiosity piqued by the scholars response. <span class="mu-i">“Your people refer to the events surrounding the fall of Ardenne as the ‘Anomaly?’</span>
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