So the rumor was true.
"talen begins and ends with the street sounds of Pyr".
Lyren couldn't remember who kept saying that. It was probably one of those old fyros who spread rumors as quickly as their dappers in the bars. In general, she tried not to pay too much attention to what was being said, noise, news, good or bad, as long as there was nothing official, or as long as she hadn't seen anything with her own eyes.
But then, why had the Empire itself remained silent? Why had there been no official communication? Was Thesos so far from Pyr? Did the Fyros capital so regard the inhabitants of the wild dunes as village bumpkins, walking knee-deep in sawdust and uttering lumper moans?
Still, the rumor was true.
Let's put things back in order, she says to herself. Point by point. And imagine how difficult a task this is, for a lumper brain. Er, fyros.
A mysterious fyros is appointed Professor of Kitinology. And that's all there is to it. One of the most important courses at the Imperial Academy, where the Sharük trains his elite troops.
The mysterious fyros has a burned face and looks exactly like Azazor.
The mysterious fyros is called Azazor. Ah, so it is him. Moving on.
The mysterious fyros has blood-red eyes, something Azazor didn't have before. Ah, now anyone would have deduced that there's already something wrong.
What's more, the mysterious fyros had disappeared in strange circumstances, in the depths of atys. Of course, Azazor was no stranger to this, but we didn't look any further. He's back, and we're happy.
Flashback: several fyros, including two officers of the fyros legions, were found headless a few years earlier. Some claim to have seen red-eyed homins on the prowl.
What's more, followers of the great dragon sect are said to have red eyes and to practice homin sacrifices, somehow destroying their seed of life and leaving their bodies headless.
So, apart from being an inbred degenerate, a lumper or a Matis nobleman, any normally constituted being has obviously understood several things:
First: There's something fishy going on here, and I'm even punching the dagger in the face to say it's even fishier than the fishiest of fishies.
Third: That's about all you need to deduce.
And secondly, considering that the shady individual, Azazor, was :
- formerly leader of the Fyros Legions,
- Uzykos' unworthy father, making him the half-brother of Lyren, herself now leader of the Leagues,
The reaction of the sharük, the imperial academy, in short, the empire, was:
- Here! Why don't we keep it a secret and appoint him Professor of Kitinology at the Imperial Academy? And what's more, we don't warn Lyren and the legionnaires, or even his own son that he's back, no, to tell the truth, talen, who cares a bit, dey?
- High five, celiakos, it'll go to cream.
- Yeah, they will. They'll know soon enough. That's what rumors are for.
- His red eyes, on the other hand, freak me out a bit. Maybe we should keep an eye on him?
- You bet. He's a fyros, he repeats talen all the time. I trust him, with my eyes closed.
- Yeah, maybe you're right. Let's keep our eyes closed.
****
But what kind of fungus was eating their brains? Was it the kamis that prevented them from having a little more gumption than a hungry najab? And how could they break the news to Uzykos, who since the rumors of his father's reappearance, had spent his time, day and night, waiting for him in the legions' hall? And how?
oren pyr Uzykos.
Your father reappeared, yeah, he didn't come to see you, seeing as he's now a follower of the great dragon sect, yes, the ones who decapitate homins and have red eyes. Yes, the rumors were true, he was a professor of kitinology, and now, on top of that, he's tried to poison Emperor Lykos and quite a few patriots and friends of the empire, including me, your half-sister, yes, he's also attacked a celiakos, and he'll soon be tried for high treason. He'll probably end up in Pyr's prisons for the rest of his life.
Face it, things aren't going to get any better on this front.
Come on, life goes on, let's have a shooki?
"talen begins and ends with the street sounds of Pyr".
Lyren couldn't remember who kept saying that. It was probably one of those old fyros who spread rumors as quickly as their dappers in the bars. In general, she tried not to pay too much attention to what was being said, noise, news, good or bad, as long as there was nothing official, or as long as she hadn't seen anything with her own eyes.
But then, why had the Empire itself remained silent? Why had there been no official communication? Was Thesos so far from Pyr? Did the Fyros capital so regard the inhabitants of the wild dunes as village bumpkins, walking knee-deep in sawdust and uttering lumper moans?
Still, the rumor was true.
Let's put things back in order, she says to herself. Point by point. And imagine how difficult a task this is, for a lumper brain. Er, fyros.
A mysterious fyros is appointed Professor of Kitinology. And that's all there is to it. One of the most important courses at the Imperial Academy, where the Sharük trains his elite troops.
The mysterious fyros has a burned face and looks exactly like Azazor.
The mysterious fyros is called Azazor. Ah, so it is him. Moving on.
The mysterious fyros has blood-red eyes, something Azazor didn't have before. Ah, now anyone would have deduced that there's already something wrong.
What's more, the mysterious fyros had disappeared in strange circumstances, in the depths of atys. Of course, Azazor was no stranger to this, but we didn't look any further. He's back, and we're happy.
Flashback: several fyros, including two officers of the fyros legions, were found headless a few years earlier. Some claim to have seen red-eyed homins on the prowl.
What's more, followers of the great dragon sect are said to have red eyes and to practice homin sacrifices, somehow destroying their seed of life and leaving their bodies headless.
So, apart from being an inbred degenerate, a lumper or a Matis nobleman, any normally constituted being has obviously understood several things:
First: There's something fishy going on here, and I'm even punching the dagger in the face to say it's even fishier than the fishiest of fishies.
Third: That's about all you need to deduce.
And secondly, considering that the shady individual, Azazor, was :
- formerly leader of the Fyros Legions,
- Uzykos' unworthy father, making him the half-brother of Lyren, herself now leader of the Leagues,
The reaction of the sharük, the imperial academy, in short, the empire, was:
- Here! Why don't we keep it a secret and appoint him Professor of Kitinology at the Imperial Academy? And what's more, we don't warn Lyren and the legionnaires, or even his own son that he's back, no, to tell the truth, talen, who cares a bit, dey?
- High five, celiakos, it'll go to cream.
- Yeah, they will. They'll know soon enough. That's what rumors are for.
- His red eyes, on the other hand, freak me out a bit. Maybe we should keep an eye on him?
- You bet. He's a fyros, he repeats talen all the time. I trust him, with my eyes closed.
- Yeah, maybe you're right. Let's keep our eyes closed.
****
But what kind of fungus was eating their brains? Was it the kamis that prevented them from having a little more gumption than a hungry najab? And how could they break the news to Uzykos, who since the rumors of his father's reappearance, had spent his time, day and night, waiting for him in the legions' hall? And how?
oren pyr Uzykos.
Your father reappeared, yeah, he didn't come to see you, seeing as he's now a follower of the great dragon sect, yes, the ones who decapitate homins and have red eyes. Yes, the rumors were true, he was a professor of kitinology, and now, on top of that, he's tried to poison Emperor Lykos and quite a few patriots and friends of the empire, including me, your half-sister, yes, he's also attacked a celiakos, and he'll soon be tried for high treason. He'll probably end up in Pyr's prisons for the rest of his life.
Face it, things aren't going to get any better on this front.
Come on, life goes on, let's have a shooki?