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The King saw their coming and my interest in them, and said in a way of explanation, "There is to be a council today between the Zards and Canitaurs, with you present, of course. THE KING SAW THEIR COMING AND MY INTEREST IN THEM AND SAID IN A WAY OF EXPLANATION THERE IS TO BE A COUNCIL TO DAY BETWEEN THE ZARDS AND THE CANNONS WITH YOU PRESENT OF COURSE
back to the realization that our doom was impending, that every decision I made had the potential to either bring us to safety, or to supply the necessary force to hurl us viscously off the cliff of mortality. He was silent as well and allowed me a few moments of meditation to turn his speech in my mind. As is my tendency, I looked abstractly out the window as I thought, fixing my subconscious focus on the road that ran from the northern gate down through the city, the road which formed half of the plaza beneath the temple. A moment or two passed like a solemn parade of mourning, then, suddenly, or at least quite unexpected by myself, a party of Canitaurs came walking down the northern road, unharassed and unescorted through the heart of the city. Since they came freely, I knew that they were not prisoners, but still I was perplexed at how a party of them came to be allowed in Nunami at all under such pretexts, especially as they had attempted to bring it to ruin but a few days before. ME BRINGING ME SUDDENLY BACK TO THE REALIZATION THAT OUR DOOM WAS IMPENDING THAT EVERY DECISION I MADE HAD THE POTENTIAL TO EITHER BRING US TO SAFETY OR TO SUPPLY THE NECESSARY FORCE TO HURL US VISCOUSLY OFF THE CLIFF OF MORTALITY HE WAS SILENT AS WELL AND ALLOWED ME A FEW MOMENTS OF MEDITATION TO TURN HIS SPEECH IN MY MIND AS IS MY TENDENCY I LOOKED ABSTRACTLY OUT THE WINDOW AS I THOUGHT FIXING MY SUBCONSCIOUS FOCUS ON THE ROAD THAT RAN FROM THE NORTHERN GATE DOWN THROUGH THE CITY THE ROAD WHICH FORMED HALF OF THE PLAZA BENEATH THE TEMPLE A MOMENT OR TWO PASSED LIKE A SOLEMN PARADE OF MORNING THEN SUDDENLY OR AT LEAST QUITE UNEXPECTED BY MYSELF A PARTY OF CANADOURS CAME WALKING DOWN THE NORTHERN ROAD UNHARASSED AND UNESCORTED THROUGH THE HEART OF THE CITY SINCE THEY CAME FREELY I KNEW THEY WERE NOT PRISONERS BUT STILL I WAS PERPLEXED AT HOW A PARTY OF THEM CAME TO BE ALLOWED IN NUNEMI AT ALL UNDER SUCH PRETEXTS ESPECIALLY AS THEY HAD ATTEMPTED TO BRING IT TO RUIN BUT A FEW DAYS BEFORE
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