Adds a bit more of entrance to temple
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@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ Kral was confused. Herman had gotten one of the first rooms of the group.
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―Ho Kral, what's up?
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―Ho Kral, what's up?
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I figured you'd want to rest a bit, maybe get groomed.
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I figured you'd want to rest a bit, maybe get groomed.
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―I'd decided to go for a little walk, but why did you move rooms?
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―I'd decided to go for a little walk. Why did you move rooms?
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―Not sure what you mean, Kral, I've been here since the dwarrow dropped us off.
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―Not sure what you mean, Kral, I've been here since the dwarf dropped us off.
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―Stay here, I need to try something.
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―Stay here, I need to try something.
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Keep an eye out of your room.
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Keep an eye out of your room.
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@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ Kral's voice couldn't quite keep up with what he was thinking.
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―Are you okay, Kral?
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―Are you okay, Kral?
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Take a little nap or something, that might help.
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Take a little nap or something, that might help.
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I'm sure we're not trapped, just maybe the dwarrow architecture is foreign to us.
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I'm sure we're not trapped, just maybe the dwarf architecture is a bit off to us.
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Kral shook his head.
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Kral shook his head.
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@ -61,5 +61,127 @@ Which now made him wonder if the robes also had actual rubies and emeralds.
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Kral caught Vaughan mouthing "Aoeuoie?" to Calvin.
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Kral caught Vaughan mouthing "Aoeuoie?" to Calvin.
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Rubydwarf began to walk back towards the door they'd emerged from, where a handful of channels had been cut into the mountain.
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Rubydwarf began to walk back towards the door they'd emerged from, where a handful of channels had been cut into the mountain.
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The Mountberg dwarf, Cruimo apparently, began to follow, along with the rest of the group.
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The Mountberg dwarf, Cruimo apparently, began to follow, along with Calvin and the rest of the group.
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However, Rubydwarf
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However, Rubydwarf stopped the yaks.
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―Wait here, a moment.
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This is merely a place to help acclimate the Dwarrowfolk to the Temple.
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I shall return shortly.
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The dwarves left, entering the largest central channel, leaving the Guard with Calvin and Vaughan.
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Calvin walked over to open air, to look out over the mountains.
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Hermann walked over to Kral, and pulled him aside.
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―Vaughan filled me on what happened.
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I'm sure you don't need me to tell you it was a mistake, right?
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Kral felt the anger that had built up inside him start to melt into shame.
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―No, I don't.
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I don't, sir, he corrected hastily. It was still tough to treat Hermann as anything but a friend.
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―Summarise your conversation with the dwarf woman, if you could.
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I want to at least hear what you actually said.
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Kral told him about her surprising him by the door, and their conversation.
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―For what it's worth Kral, I don't think we can say it was your fault that she offered to send the message.
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Not your fault either that the Mountberg dwarf that did show up is a potential problem.
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If it had turned out to help us, I'm sure we'd have ignored the indiscretion.
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Just keep in mind, we're hear as guards for the President, not to go rogue.
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Got it?
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Kral felt his face and chest flush with shame at being chewed out.
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By Hermann of all people, too.
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―Yeah, I got it. Sir.
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―I think you've probably been punished enough, with Calvin already talking to you.
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I probably can't do nothing, but I'm happy enough just giving you the midnight watch if we end up sleeping here.
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Cool?
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Kral nodded.
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It was probably to be expected that some punishment would come, and staying up late doing nothing was hardly arduous.
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―Good, good.
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And again, sorry to have to do this.
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I know you meant well, it's just that Vaughan said Calvin didn't enjoy it.
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Kral returned to the group, which had largely fallen out of a strict formation.
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A few were sitting on the floor, so he followed suit.
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Hermann was probably actually sorry about chewing him out, Kral thought.
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That was particularly annoying.
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Hermann had gotten his promotion first, but that wasn't because he was better than Kral.
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He actually pitied Kral.
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Kral wanted to scream at him that it had been no mistake, that he wanted to watch the Hierarchy burn, but he caught himself.
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No point in actually seeking out punishment he didn't deserve.
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After running through the conversation alternatingly angry and shameful, Rubydwarf returned, alone.
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―Ah, I thought you might still be here!
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Well, let's find out where you should go.
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Kral bristled.
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The little dwarf had been the one to tell them to stay here, right?
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Rubydwarf walked over to Calvin by the side of the room, and started to talk quietly.
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He didn't seem to mind the open air or the elevation, oddly enough.
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Although, as Kral thought, it wouldn't be particularly good to have an attendant at this Temple if he couldn't stand this entrance room.
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Only a couple moments later, Rubydwarf was returning, with Calvin behind them.
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―Come now, we will go to Caprina Zeuit at once so you may discuss your case with her.
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Don't dawdle, she hates to be kept waiting.
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―Is she expecting us? Vaughan asked.
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―We are all of us just waiting for the next things in our life to come our way, no?
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She'll be waiting for something, and it's not really any of our concerns to wonder what that something is.
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The dwarf was already walking in the same passageway he'd taken the other dwarves, but he immediately turned to a cramped staircase.
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Cramped for Kral, at least.
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Rubydwarf had no problems with it.
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―What is your name, if I may ask? Calvin asked.
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―Oh I am called so many things.
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I am a Zuuri here at this Temple, high priest, so that is what most call me.
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But Caprina Zeuit calls me Speaker.
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I suppose my parents were the first to call me anything, and they called me Paias.
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Kral wanted to throw Rubydwarf down the stairs they'd climbed.
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After a mercifully silent remainder of the long climb, they reached the top of the staircase, followed a small channel back out of the mountain, where they reached a somewhat smaller room.
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This seemed to be a foyer of sorts, with hallways branching off, lined with rooms. A small staircase led to a second floor above, which Rubydwarf was pointing out to Calvin.
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―All of you, we well let your leader talk to Caprina Zeuit alone.
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He says you wish to stay here tonight.
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There are many rooms here, suitable for yaks I assume.
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Help yourself.
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Rubydwarf left down the way they'd come, leaving the rest of the yaks to fend for themselves.
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Hermann and Vaughan went down two of the hallways, and Kral started down a third, the one furthest to the left.
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The first door Kral opened was very cramped, dark and bare, similar to the dwarf rooms they'd stayed in.
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The next few seemed like dwarf rooms as well, but eventually he came to a slightly differently shaped door on the left, which led to another hallway hidden behind the dwarf rooms.
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This hallway, which should have run all the back to the foyer, were it not for the inconveniently placed wall, had doors along the left side.
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The rooms there were large, easily large enough for a yak to stay comfortably, and, surprisingly, had a slightly sloped grassy section.
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On the far side, the top half of the wall was entirely open, offering a gorgeous view over the mountains.
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The next few doors on either side were similar, and the hallway seemed very long.
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Kral walked back to the main group, where Vaughan had returned, although a few other guards had seemingly gone on searches of their own.
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―I think I've found some yak rooms here.
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―Thank goodness, Vaughan said.
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Hermann had said he'd found a couple that could work, but not many.
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And I found rooms that seemed built for Birds.
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Which does make me wonder if they're ever actually used.
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―The ones here are very comfortable, I would think, Kral said, starting to show Vaughan and some of the other guards the rooms he'd found.
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―My word, no wonder we were having trouble, Vaughan said, on seeing the door that hid the entrance to the hallway.
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Hidden hallway, not even connected where it should be.
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―I suppose the door closest to this entrance should probably be Hermann's.
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If you'd like, I can take one next to it.
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The ones tucked in towards the foyer won't have any other open entrances, so you and Calvin could likely take them.
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Vaughan nodded, and asked some of the other guards to follow the far end of the hallway.
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That left one more, who Vaughan asked to go and tell Hermann and the others where they were.
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Nasty bastard.
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Nasty bastard.
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He's a Chartkeeper, which, it's hard to explain, but it's a powerful position.
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He's a Chartkeeper, which, it's hard to explain, but it's a powerful position.
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Omig seemed to pale at this.
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The woman seemed to pale at this.
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—Um, Chief.
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—Um, Chief.
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I, uh.
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I, uh.
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I might know why he's here.
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I might know why he's here.
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Chief gave Omig a look that chilled Calvin's bones.
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Chief gave her a look that chilled Calvin's bones.
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—Do tell, Sister Omig.
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—Do tell, Sister Omig.
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Chief sighed.
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Chief sighed.
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—Well, I suppose that's alright Omig.
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—Well, I suppose that's alright, Omig.
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Just tell me next time.
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Just tell me next time.
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I don't want to be caught by surprise.
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I don't want to be caught by surprise.
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What specifically did you tell them?
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What specifically did you tell them?
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