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<span class="mu-i">“Legally, in the absence of a complaint by the aggrieved party, there is little to be expected in the way of formal repercussions by any lawful authority. ”</span>
The source of the unlooked-for legal advice is your new translator, a former Patrikas of the Athenaeum named Antoninus. Formerly a scholar of significant renown in Cathagi society, his philosophical discussions on the nature of governance and morality of the Dictats became too offensive to the wrong people. For his part, the casually robed academic seems none too put out by the change in his circumstances. He seems to meet his downfall and enslavement with the same unfazed forbearance that he does his his emancipation and new employment.
You wouldn’t normally have had much of an overly high opinion of a Cathagi intellectual, godless overthinkers that they typically are, but this one was picked out by Brother Rousseau as someone you could specifically trust. You suspect that he is himself a part of the Comitas network aimed at aiding the enslaved here, and perhaps was even among those rare locals sympathetic to the cause prior to his own persecution.
<span class="mu-i">“I owe you my freedom, sir <span class="mu-g">exoria</span>. And I am not ungrateful.”</span> He speaks in practised, albeit accented, Cantonian and with the measure of a man well used to both private discourse and public speaking. <span class="mu-i">“I will remain in your employ for the monthly wage of a mere 3 sequins. We can consider the extra amount a man of my expertise would expect to be paid forward to the price of my freedom and all interest. After your two years in the Dragon Guard are up, we shall look again to our agreement. Is that amenable to your purposes?”</span>
<span class="mu-i">“It is.”</span> You reply, crossing your arms. <span class="mu-i">“But first, who told you that joining the Dragon Guard was my intention?”</span>
<span class="mu-i">“No one at all. But it is the rational conclusion when faced with a Cantonion warrior that seeks to remain.”</span> Despite his nonchalant tone, the old man seems well pleased with his deduction.
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