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тАШI wouldnтАЩt be too sure about that, Longbow,тАЩ Red-Beard disagreed. тАШIt might just be working very well.
From what IтАЩve heard, anybody in her Domain who doesnтАЩt want to do honest work joins the priesthood
and spends all his time adoring her.тАЩ

тАШThatтАЩs what IтАЩve heard too.тАЩ

тАШSoldiering is one kind of honest work, isnтАЩt it?тАЩ

тАШNot as hard as farming is, maybe, but itтАЩs still harder than adoring somebody.тАЩ

тАШIf thatтАЩs the way things are in her Domain, doesnтАЩt that sort of suggest that she doesnтАЩt have anything at
all like an army over there? WouldnтАЩt that explain why she wants all the soldiers Zelana and Veltan
hired to come on over to her territory to protect her if the bug-people decide to come her way?тАЩ


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тАШVery good, Red-Beard,тАЩ Longbow said. тАШMaybe sheтАЩs not quite as irrational as it might seem. If her
Domain is totally undefended, sheтАЩll need just about everybody with a sword or a bow to come there to
protect her. ItтАЩs very selfish, of course, but I donтАЩt think that would bother her. She seems to believe that
sheтАЩs the most important thing in the whole world, so from her way of looking at things, weтАЩre all
obliged to rush to her defense.тАЩ

тАШThereтАЩs not much that we can do about it right now, friend Longbow - except possibly to suggest to
Zelana that sheтАЩd better keep a close eye on her big sister.тАЩ

тАШIтАЩm sure that Zelana already knows about her sisterтАЩs peculiarities, but we might want to caution Sorgan
and Narasan about this.тАЩ

тАШYouтАЩre probably right. Should we go on back and listen to the screaming? or would you rather go
fishing?тАЩ

The squabbling of Dahlaine and Aracia continued for another half hour or so, and then Ara, OmagoтАЩs
beautiful wife, joined them on the balcony of the map-room. тАШSupperтАЩs ready,тАЩ she announced.

тАШThatтАЩs just about the best news IтАЩve heard all day,тАЩ Sorgan Hook-Beak declared. тАШLetтАЩs go eat before
everything gets cold.тАЩ

They all trooped on down the hallway to VeltanтАЩs impromptu dining-room. That was one of the
characteristics of the elder gods that Red-Beard had never fully understood. There was a certain
practicality involved in their lack of a need for sleep. If some kind of emergency came up, a sleeping
god might not be able to deal with it, but Red-Beard couldnтАЩt for the life of him see why they didnтАЩt eat.
They didnтАЩt need nourishment, of course, but there was more to eating food than just satisfying the
grumbling in the belly. Dinners in particular were generally something along the lines of a social event
that brought people closer together and smoothed over various disagreements. Red-Beard was almost
positive that the elaborate dining-room in VeltanтАЩs house hadnтАЩt even been there before the outlanders
had arrived, and he was fairly sure that the dining-room Veltan had added to his house had originally
been AraтАЩs idea. OmagoтАЩs wife was quite probably the best cook in the entire world, but she was wise