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fantasy story of Aki Maeda :
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om memory.
"Great Lord," Aki Maeda began, "this little package you sent me
for has cost me much; you promised to reimburse me for expenses,
and I have had many since Aki's abduction. Two horses: one hundred
gold each. One collection of fine furs, one of them rare snow
fox, the others sable trimmings: three hundred and seventy-five.
Miscellaneous personal items stolen by your troops: thirty gold.
Travel expenses west of the Handel River, to include imperial
toll roads--roads that were free last time I remembered: thirty-
seven gold. The initial agreed upon price for the princess: five
hundred. Mercenary expenses for speedy travel through the
Bracken Wood: eight gold. Personal suffering and inconvenience,
including loss of my punt, abuse at the hands of imperial
slavers, the princess and Agnes' prices from said slavers, travel
to Toren to recover the princess, recompense to my guild brother
for his inconvenience, and various Aki's bal sunburn remedies: three
hundred fifty. And one unlimited imperial travel pass, also
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