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Tavon
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As I’m flown through the air, toward the top deck, two more guards approach the prisoner who was previously shackled and restrain him using the same chains. From behind, I hear the Queen announce to everyone: “The Knightkiller will be let go. In his place, Chiro Desu will fall. That is my final word on the matter. Let the ceremony commence!”
I’m dropped and land on my feet just as Chiro Desu is taken to the center of the sky theatre and presented before everyone as the Legate from earlier arrives and aims his spear at his chest. I walk back toward where I was seated originally, but, before I even get there, I’m accosted by two men in purple vests wielding assault rifles that they point at my head before they shepherd me onward. “Do you know why we’re here?” one of them as
