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I havenтАЩt the proper materials to make a rubbing, and thereтАЩs too much on the tablet to simply write it down. The only sort of parchment
available in this benighted place are the fragile sheets I make myself from baby sealskin. I have only a few of those left.

тАЬDonтАЩt forget that DarasiloтАЩs Trove includes two arcane books written in the Salka tongue, in addition to the large collection of inactive
stones. The booksтАЩ subject matter deals with sigils, beyond a doubt. I could tell that from the illustrations, even though IтАЩm unable to read
the Salka language. One of those books may very well contain the information you seek.тАЭ

Why should I take a chance? IтАЩm going to postpone leaving here until I translate the tablet. ThatтАЩs final. You do as you please and be
damned.

тАЬBeynor, youтАЩve forgotten the other important reason why we dare not delay. The King of Didion and his family will begin their progress
upriver from Holt Mallburn on the day after the Solstice, as they do every year. ThereтАЩs only one suitable spot for our ambushтАФjust
below Boarsden Castle at Boar Creek, where there are fierce rapids and an exceptionally deep eddy. It will take the royal party no more
than six days to reach that point in their voyage, making the traditional stops along the way. Six days, Beynor! Barely enough time for
you and the Salka assassins to get there and organize yourselves, since they wonтАЩt be able to swim at full speed once theyтАЩre in the river.
If our amphibian friends arenтАЩt in place, ready to attack, weтАЩll be forced to revise the Didion part of our scheme drasticallyтАФor abandon it
altogether.тАЭ

Getting the Salka to kill King Honigalus and his family is a needless complication, Kilian. IтАЩve said that from the beginning.

тАЬAnd IтАЩve told you why itтАЩs an absolutely essential step in the destruction of the Sovereignty.тАЭ

WellтАФ

тАЬPull yourself together and keep your mind concentrated on the great goal thatтАЩs finally within our grasp! IтАЩve done what I promised to
do, putting my agents into Gala Palace without getting caught. Your task dealing with the Salka has been more difficult, IтАЩll grant you,
but youтАЩre the bravest, most audacious young man IтАЩve ever known. This is why IтАЩve been willing to place my own life and hopes in your
hands. Listen to me, Beynor! We may never love one another as father and son, yet we are bound together by our mutual ambition more
closely than by any tie of blood. Only together can we exploit DarasiloтАЩs Trove. Only together can we dupe the Salka into assisting us to
bring down ConrigтАЩs Sovereignty. Only together can we rule.тАЭ

Damn your eyes!

тАЬBless yours, my boyтАФand may you use them to see straight ahead and avoid distractions! I have every confidence in you. DonтАЩt let me
down.тАЭ

тАж Very well. IтАЩll arrange to meet with the Four Eminences immediately.



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тАЬExcellent. I know youтАЩll convince them. Put your mind at ease.тАЭ

Huh! ThatтАЩs hardly possibleтАФgiven that I must shortly confront a pack of inhuman brutes who may well decide to torture me in
creatively gruesome ways, rather than strike a bargain.