The argument went on all next day.
“But,” I said, “I’m the emperor. You’re supposed to do what I say.”
That was a laugh, of course, in a matter of this seriousness.
“You just cannot fly off to Hyrklana all on your own!”
That claustrophobic feeling of being trapped in a cage of invisible iron bars engulfed me. Hitherto when I’d been flung about Kregen by the Star Lords I had hungered to return home. Now that I had a serious task to perform, rescuing our friends, I was being mewed up and allowed out only with a great gaggle of nursemaids to hold my hand and wipe my nose. Talk about a cage!
They all wanted to come. 1 and 2 ESW. 1 and 2 EYJ. Nath Karidge insisted on bringing EDLG. Most of the slate of Vallian nobility were lin……
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