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<span class="mu-i">“The second?”</span> Your confusion as to how Dame Danaca heard of your challenge with the Norsikaans is short-lived, perhaps word of the reason for your arrival at the Palace had preceded you. <span class="mu-i">“My second for the duel, you mean?”</span>
<span class="mu-i">“That too.”</span> The ghost of a smile haunts the sword sister’s lips, but it quickly fades. <span class="mu-i">“You will have questions, I am sure. Of the night of my greatest failure and source of my sleepless nights.”</span>
<span class="mu-i">“I… yes. Yes, I do.”</span> You had worried about raising what must to her be an ugly subject indeed, but the sister is volunteering this information freely. Information that could very well be vital to your cause.
<span class="mu-i">“In time. I can only pray that the seeds of my failure take root in the soil of your success”</span> The sword sister nods, resignation set deep in her fair features. <span class="mu-i">“But for now your mind must remain focussed on the trials of the today.”</span>
<span class="mu-i">“Danaca.”</span> The leader of the larger group of sword sisters, Dame Svetlanna, interrupts when you reveal further details of your pending duel with the northmen. <span class="mu-i"> “As a Second you are putting yourself forward to stand in a duel with Brothers of the Guard.”</span>
<span class="mu-i">“A technicality.”</span> Dame Danaca shrugs of the concern of her fellow sword sister, inclining her head in your direction. <span class="mu-i">“The challenged is present and able.”</span>
<span class="mu-i">“The Black Knight may not see it as such.”</span> Dame Svetlanna seems less confident of the touted shield of technicality by far. <span class="mu-i">“Knowing Norsikaans, anything less than to the death is like to disappoint. Remember the moratorium on lethal duels within the Guard by Dictat.”</span>
<span class="mu-i">“What will be, will be.”</span> In your life you have heard few people speak with the same, almost fatalistic, certainty of Dame Danaca.
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