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was a law unto himself He said, We have found another employment for our soldiers, onethat suits us better. Pekka envied the release they gained so easily. It can reflect a beam if it's polished enough, orspread the heat around so the beam won't burn through if it doesn't stayright in the same spot long enough. The cursed folk ofRivaroli have raised a guerrilla against our soldiers there, and the Algarvianbehemoth brigade

Thatstruck him as monstrously unfair, but no one had asked his view of thematter. He went some little dis-tance along the edge of the forest before peering out again. Tealdo liked being stationed in the Duchy of Banijust fine, even if, asa man from the north, he found oncoming autumn in this part of Algarveon the chilly side. But they'd been blonds the last time he saw them.