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As I turned to him, he smiled and greeted me softly and pleasantly, in such a way that seemed contrary to his nature. AS I TURNED TO HIM HE SMILED AND GREETED ME SOFTLY AND PLEASANTLY IN SUCH A WAY THAT SEEMED CONTRARY TO HIS NATURE
ly away from where Wagner had disappeared over the side of the wall and faced my captors, the Zards. Chief among them was the King, he being a foot or two taller than the others, with a graceful and powerful pose that struck awe into the eyes of the beholder with its innate command and dignity, both of which flowed from it as naturally as water from a well. There were about twenty guards in the squadron that protected the King, but it was not so much from the terror of them that the Canitaurs fled, nor was it because of the guards that patrolled the walls and were sure to join any fray attempted, it was instead an apparent fear of the King, and rightly so, for his demeanor was fierce and sophisticated, as if he were not just a warrior nor solely a scholar, but a mixture of the two that gave him an aura that inspired fear, some unseen presence that filled the air around him and sent his neighbors into a reverencing awe reminiscent of a lover's sacred euphoria, intangible yet undeniable.  TURNED SLOWLY AWAY FROM WHERE WAGNER HAD DISAPPEARED OVER THE SIDE OF THE WALL AND FACED MY CAPTORS THE ZARDS CHIEF AMONG THEM WAS THE KING HE BEING A FOOT OR TWO TALLER THAN THE OTHERS WITH A GRACEFUL AND POWERFUL POSE THAT STRUCK AWE INTO THE EYES OF THE BEHOLDER WITH ITS INNATE COMMAND AND DIGNITY BOTH OF WHICH FLOWED FROM IT AS NATURALLY AS WATER FROM A WELL THERE WERE ABOUT TWENTY GUARDS IN THE SQUADRON THAT PROTECTED THE KING BUT IT WAS NOT SO MUCH THAT FROM THE TERROR OF THEM THAT THE CANNOTAS FLED NOR WAS IT BECAUSE OF THE GUARDS THAT PATROLLED THE WALLS AND WERE SURE TO JOIN ANY FRAY ATTEMPTED IT WAS INSTEAD AN APPARENT FEAR OF THE KING AND RIGHTLY SO FOR HIS DEMEANOUR WAS FIERCE AND SOPHISTICATED AS IF HE WERE NOT JUST A WARRIOR NOR SOLELY A SCHOLAR BUT A MIXTURE OF THE TWO THAT GAVE HIM AN ORA THAT INSPIRED FEAR SOME UNSEEN PRESENCE THAT FILLED THE AIR AROUND HIM AND SENT HIS NEIGHBORS INTO A REVERENCING AWE REMINISCENT OF A LOVER'S SACRED EUPHORIA INTANGIBLE YET UNDENIABLE
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