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“You make it sound like a devil’s bargain.” Trucy pursed her lips with a huff. “…not that I mind that. “
Klavier grinned that showstopping, stage-light grin of his and pulled his sunglasses down over his nose from where they’d been perched in his hair.
“Who’s to say it isn’t? They say the devil is in the details, and the devil’s advocate was a defense attorney, ja? Law is a tool of justice, fraulein. Much like a knife is a tool for whatever you cut. Nahyuta and I are handing you a knife, and asking you to make a pledge.”
Nahyuta raised his eyebrow, and his smile turned a touch amused as he turned to offer the page.
“A knife and a pledge. My fellow prosecutor speaks true…the knife of justice calls to those who yearn to wield it, just as Lady Kee’ra once learned when she took up the dagger in the Holy Mother’s name.”
– WIP Snippet (Chains of the Dragon, unposted material)
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