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my destiny elsewhere.
He gave me money. I gave most of it to my parents to help them over
my disappearance. I even had a younger brother by then. I left them in
the worst way possible, I think. I stole out of the house one night
leaving only the money and a note. I think by that time father suspected
something about my relationship with Thomorr, although he never said a word
and I think he trusted my wisdom.
I will not bore you with the details of the travel, Aimee'. Thomorr
sent me on a path into the mountains in search of a city the Megassi called
Hakkana and a Megass named Desa.
I knew little of the Megassi except for legends, Aimee'. I knew that
they had grown from the ranks of Dragonkind by virtue of their intelligence
and their capacity for magic, and I knew that even satyrs spoke in warm,
awestruck whispers at the magic they achieved through the exercise of their
honest lusts.
"Master?" Marin Aoki interrupted him.
"Yes, Aimee?"
"May I remove my boots, sir?"
"Aimee, I told you that you may remove your boots when you feel the
time has come for you to remove
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