Intermezzo, Chapter 21
First shot is first. First paragraph follows. Last shot is last shot. Middle shot is because I’m fond of Robanna.
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Offer my sword...
It was one of the dumbest things he'd ever said, a thing so dumb he would have laughed his way down the aisle and out of the theater if he’d heard it from an adult actor, but Jay didn't know how to take it back or turn a child's bravado into something from a sophisticated cynic. There was no way. Robanna took a step back from the edge of the stairs, propped one hand on her hip and put on the kind of expression his mother might wear.
“You're needed," she said coolly, "but not for your sword."
Drake smiled. "Come up and hear what we have to tell you."
Jay considered thanking the man, decided what the hell, they brought him here, he had nothing to thank them for, and simply walked on up into the place with the bowl of fire.
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