A battle? No, Master Hitlein, let us have nothing so fraught. Pray call upon them to parley. Offer them my olive branch. We shall not run out of things to do, you and I.
Let me take you to my library, first of all. You'll want to go back once you have had your look-see, so we will slip other excursions in between.
[How weak I am, he realizes. It doesn't stop him from saying the things he has said, or from saying what he'll say next.]
We shall dance. I will not strain your heart; you'll not need to hold out much longer. I only need your latest measurements, once you are cleared to be descended upon by the nimblest tailor in Garlemald.
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Let me take you to my library, first of all. You'll want to go back once you have had your look-see, so we will slip other excursions in between.
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[And that's quite the pregnant but, because here he may or may not be making a mistake--]
my heart was holding out hope for that dance. I'll have to remind it to be patient, and at least a little bit grateful, too.
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We shall dance. I will not strain your heart; you'll not need to hold out much longer. I only need your latest measurements, once you are cleared to be descended upon by the nimblest tailor in Garlemald.
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Four more days! Might as well be asking a century's century of me...
But seeing as I'm the one who designed these precepts, I suppose I ought to abide by them.
And I suppose I ought to thank you for providing first-rate amenities in a plague ward.