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without a patron. What do you think you're doing here, anyway?"
I reached into my cloak. "I have here a signed letter from Talen
Silisto inviting me into the college as an unfettered student." I showed
the illiterate fool the seal and quite suddenly he was nice to me.
"Yes, sir," he said. He seemed more than a little distraught, an
effect I found rewarding. "I'll bring a boy to lead you to it." He
swallowed and walked away. As he did so, I turned my sense of hearing to
him and I heard him mutter, "One of these days I'm going to say the wrong
thing to the wrong mage and I'll be spending the rest of my days searching
Mrs. Right Toad." I tried not to laugh.
He did find me someone to lead me through the city. I dismounted my
horse as he led me through the gates and to the College of Mages.
Ah, the College. I'm sure by now you're as familiar with it as any
student, but at the time the high stone walls and the beautiful spiraling
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