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Another person had joined the group: a tall young man with guileless gray eyes, soft blond hair, pleasant
half-humorous features which instantly appealed to Schaine. He remarked: тАЬBoth groupsтАФthe SFS and
the Associated GuildsтАФsupport my particular organization. Hence, both must be sound, and your
conflicts are pettifoggery.тАЭ

Glinth Isbane laughed. тАЬBoth groups endorse SEE, but for quite different reasons. Our reasons are the
decent ones.тАЭ

Schaine said to Valtrina, тАЬIтАЩm confused by all these organizations. What is SEE?тАЭ

Valtrina, rather than explaining, brought forward the blond young man. тАЬElvo, meet my charming niece,
just arrived from Tanquil.тАЭ

тАЬWith great pleasure.тАЭ

тАЬSchaine Madduc; Elvo Glissam. Now Elvo, explain the meaning of SEE, but donтАЩt mention me or my
expensive footmen or IтАЩll have them fling you out into the street.тАЭ

тАЬSEE is Society for Emancipation of the Erjins,тАЭ said Elvo Glissam. тАЬPlease donтАЩt think us maudlin;
weтАЩre truly attacking a serious injustice: the enslavement of intelligent beings. Valtrina, with her erjin
servants, is one of our prime targets, and weтАЩll have her behind bars yet. Unless she displays remorse and
frees her slaves.тАЭ

тАЬHa! First demonstrate two thingsтАФno, three. Prove to me that Sim and Slim are intelligent beings rather
than domestic animals. Then prove that they would prefer to be emancipated. Then find me two other
domestics with as much docility, style and dependability as my black-and-mustard beauties. In fact, I
intend to buy three or four more and train them as gardeners.тАЭ

One of the erjin footmen had just entered the chamber, rolling a service wagon. Looking over her
shoulder Schaine cringed away. тАЬDonтАЩt they frighten you? The buck that chewed up Kelse wasnтАЩt much
bigger, if at all.тАЭ

тАЬIf I were running things,тАЭ said Kelse, тАЬIтАЩd shoot them all.тАЭ

Glinth IsbaneтАЩs voice took on an edge. тАЬIf theyтАЩre intelligent, itтАЩs murder. If theyтАЩre not, itтАЩs brutality.тАЭ

Kelse shrugged and turned aside. A few minutes previously Gerd Jemasze had appeared on the scene;
now he said: тАЬWe fear our erjins; you donтАЩt. Incidentally, I donтАЩt notice any societies which advocate
taking erjin mounts away from the Uldras.тАЭ

тАЬWhy donтАЩt you form one?тАЭ snapped Glinth Isbane.


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Erris Sammatzen chuckled. тАЬAs for the erjins and Vv. GlissamтАЩs SEE, the labor guilds are understandably
anxious: the erjins represent cheap labor. Vv. Glissam is presumably motivated by other concerns.тАЭ