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Those wishing to become Argosi must first accept that we are neither prophets nor fortune tellers. Our cards hold no magic. We are simply wanderers and the decks we carry nothing more than maps; each suit represents a different culture and each card the structures of power within it. As people and nations change, so too do our decks. These are the concordances and they reveal that which is. But when an Argosi encounters something new – something that should not exist and yet could alter the course of history – we are compelled to paint a new card: a discordance. Each is both warning and
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People, nations, even history itself alters over time, for history is but a tale told to suit the present.
‘There speaks a man who ain’t never spent a night with a real artisan,’
Stop being so scared about yesterday – it only makes you forget to appreciate today.’
‘And no, I’m not going to abandon our efforts to prevent a continental war just to find you butter biscuits.’
Reichis spun around on my shoulder so he was facing her, the sudden snarl telling me he was baring his teeth at her. ‘Tell the bitch that she’s going to need to charm her eyeballs with a location spell so she can find them in the morning.’
‘Two Jan’Tep exiles, a squirrel cat and a hyena walk into the middle of a war,’ Ferius said. She stopped walking and shook her head. ‘Sounds like the beginning of a joke, but I’m pretty sure none of us are going to be laughing once things get ugly. So could you children please stop nattering at each other? I’m trying to save the world here.’
then will you learn the most painful truth of all: just because you can see what’s coming, doesn’t mean you can do anything about it.
‘Bad enough the way you smell normally, but do you have any idea what kind of a reek you put out when you were trying to get her to mate with you?’
