‘Leave him, officer,’ Addario Bach said freely. ‘He’s my servant, employed by me. He’s a halfwit, an errant imbecile. It’s a family affliction. By great fortune his younger siblings are normal. Their mother finally understood she shouldn’t drink from the puddles outside a plague house when pregnant.’ Trent opened his mouth even wider, lowered his head, grunted and groaned. Ligenza also grunted and made a movement as though to stand up. The dwarf laid a hand on his shoulder. ‘Don’t get up, lad. And keep quiet, keep quiet. I know the theory of evolution, I know what creature humans evolved from,
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