“What do you want from me? Isn"t it enough that you"ve killed my Prime Minister, attacked my castle, terrorized my people, and humiliated me personally in front of the entire populace of Aquitaine? Take my life too, for wyrm"s sake! What else could I possibly give you?”
Josh and Alyson stood before King Claudius Wyrmgutter, having traveled on foot from Fontaine along the coastline southeast to Castle Bayonne. Furthermore, they had traveled alone, openly, without disguise or subterfuge, announcing to whoever inquired who they were, where they were going, and why. “King Josh and Queen Alyson off to Castle Bayonne to see King Claudius.”
The first Aquitaine soldier to draw his sword had calmly resheathed the weapon and let them pass without harm or obstruction. Hundreds had done the same sin
