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THE MORE MIKANDRA thought about it, the more angry she became. This was what Iztho had meant with situations Traders had to deal with. Large-scale bullying by people backed by governments that seemed so overwhelming it didn’t look like you had any chance to fight back. Ganging up of entire communities conspiring to rid themselves of a Trader who they thought had wronged them. Likely, Iztho had suspected that some of this might be happening by the time she met him in his room, but likely even he had misjudged the depths to which the Barresh council would go to get rid of him.
After finishing at the library, she went to the markets and bought a notebook and a pen. She hadn’t owned either of those since going to school. Everyone used readers, but although she lingered at the shop that so
