“Certainly.” De Russy had laboriously climbed on the ammunition chest atop a limber and now held his hands out. “Many . . . details about our alliance with the Uxmalos, Ocelomeh, and others, we hope, remain to be formalized. During our discussions with Alcalde Periz, he agreed to much in principle, but he’s only had the last few days to begin sorting it out with his people and the alcaldes of other cities. I’m confident all we tell you now—and more—will be part of the, um, ‘Treaty of Alliance’ we’ll agree to with our new friends.” He looked in the direction from which the question had come and
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