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MARIN FEDERZA was not to be dissuaded, even though Lilona said that he should stay here. He said that if she had to go with the ship, he would come, but I suspected it wasn’t that easy. I had no idea what to do about it. I didn’t think Ezhya would be happy about this. But I was already arguing against him in my mind. If nothing else, some stupid, trivial part in my brain argued, we could use someone who spoke Aghyrian.
As we went into the hall, even Lilona was trying to dissuade him.
But Federza was adamant. “I’ve got nothing to live for. They took all my jobs, my safety, ransacked my business and ruined my reputation. I understand that we may die or that this tyrant—” He glanced at the captain. “—controls your life and will control mine as well, but I refuse to let you go alone.”
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