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35 - After the Germ of the Head

I couldn’t go down to the Mahid quarters while Shefenkas was still there. I had every servant it seemed having to serve me. I had to wait and wait and wait… then I had to finish the work I’d told my tutor I would because I found myself suddenly concerned that my word be good… even just because Shefenkas… my Raikas… Shefenkas would want me to hold my word good.It was a full day after they’d been

Author's Note

Cher readers,I have to confess. Something unavoidable has come up... Post 34 needs to be changed and will be today. My next post will be tomorrow and the tentative title for Post 35 is 'Geography versus Mathematics'.Sorry for the glitch... I'll fix it.Shirley

34 - Grium Sefalian - Germ of the Head

The rest of that day I was in and out of the Mahid quarters… just bothering people. 1st Amitzas’s lightning snake never got tired of striking at the glass, though the Pharmacist chided me – “If I might remind the Spark of the Sun’s Ray, the snake will exhaust itself and perhaps die if you do not leave it alone. And it is possible that I might need some of the venom streaking the glass for a

34 - Drawing in Wine, Milk and Cold

I knew which cell he was in. I knew who he was and why they had him in a cell. To truth-drug scrape every last scrap of military information out of him – that was why Triadas had been recalled from actually launching the attack. Though I couldn’t imagine why he was just talking to Raikas… um… it was really Shefenkas. I supposed I should start thinking of him like that.I had a pile of books

Author's Note

Just to let everyone know... I will be posting later on today and it will be more from Minis's point of view. I am, however, getting interested in doing a quick story on what is happening 'Below Stairs', with Minis starting to act like a real human being instead of an ignornant, dangerous annoyance. Let me know if you'd like to see that.

32 - My emotions make me a traitor

When I got back to my rooms, my desk, I sat chewing on the end of my pen wondering what I could write Raikas without it being treason. I finally wrote that the tiles in the Marble Palace Throne room were being ripped up because my father had big plans. And that he was looking forward to lots and lots more Yeoli wines and wools coming into the Empire soon.If he could figure it out he’d have a

Another Aside: A Different Book

Hey Folks! Today I took a sideways turn and re-created the opening for another book that starts 65 days after the Sack of Arko.Tomorrow we will be going back to our regularly scheduled Minis as he tries not to commit treason.Enjoy!The Hero’s WhoresonChapter 1: The Day My Life ChangedThe day my life changed, Sera Inneas was scolding me. I sat on our front step holding the cool cloth over my right

31 - Wave of Blood

The Throne room floor was made of blue tile around the edges but the mosaic beneath the Crystal Throne showed the known world. The Presentation steps below the throne, that brought petitioners up to be heard by the Imperator was a standing wave in the Arkan sea.I stood on the floor below the Throne as my father called down to me and pointed to where the workmen were pulling up tiles to replace

30 - Ritual of Ascension Practise

“Respectfully, Spark of the Sun’s Ray, Muunas’s morning to you.” I groggily blinked awake, realizing my bed curtains were opened. I rolled over and burrowed my head under my pillows, groaning. It had been cool last night and I had a feather quilt and my bed curtains closed sometime in the middle of the night when my shoulders got cold. Now they were open and the sun shone in, in a way that

29 - A Lesson in Speed and Printing Knuckle-Suckers

I continued avoiding Ailadas, the next day, having a servant deliver the essay I did finish rather than hand it in personally. The only kind of peace I could get was on my skates and was on some number of circuit of Muunas Triumphant’s Hall when he hailed me from the balcony from the Ilirean level side of the hall.“Ahem. Spark of the Sun’s Ray! You are required to study….” His call faded behind