Her eye locked on Marcone and she let out a low, cackling exhalation. “The mortal who thinks himself a lord,” the Titan purred. “Fool,” Marcone replied by way of greeting, his tone polite and pitched to carry loudly. “What?” Ethniu demanded. “If you had a mind,” Marcone said, “you would have used restraint. You would have arisen from the water with no warning to anyone. You would have unleashed a wave of expendable troops on the city, blown down a building or two, and returned to the sea to watch the havoc unfold.” He shook his head. “I will simply never understand the need some people seem to
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