While Silhouine and their captor conduct an increasingly far-fetched conversation, Yael looks around. They’re still in the city: she can make out Grandfather Gate through a glassless window. No passersby–the second floor, then? Or higher? Her hands are bound. The guards are burly but few.<\/p>\n
She can get out of here, but she probably can’t take Silhouine with her.<\/p>\n
Sigh.<\/p>\n
“Inexpensive melon?<\/i>” she tries, in her native language, in case he knows any of the old code words. “Unfortunate plover?<\/i>”<\/p>\n
The man in the red cassock freezes, alarmed. “Did she just cast foreign magic on me?”<\/p>\n
“Yes!” says Silhouine.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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