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Kiria
The conversation at the session had exhausted her. Charäkhni trade agreement logistics seemed trivial compared to the secret project she and Bard were working on. Two days ago, Bard had tried talking to Firian first. When Kiria went to get information from Bard later that day, he didn’t want to talk about it. He almost looked as if he’d been crying. That was so rare among Tanyu that her heart had jolted with fear—they were lost, Bard had told him everything, Firian was going to retaliate and kill them all…
Bard did admit that Firian knew he was in Brithnem, and then he said he couldn’t go again. It wasn’t new information that had broken his heart, after all.
Enough time had passed that Kiria hoped her visit wouldn’t seem suspiciously connected to Bard’s. The possibility existe
