Adds begnining of witch confronting caprina
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Caprina noticed a disturbance in the air around her, and slowly set her tea back on the table.
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She slowly rose from her armchair, leaning against her walking stick.
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A woman stood on a seam between wood and stone flooring, and Caprina could not have said whether she had just arrived or whether she had been there for hours, so natural did she look.
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The woman was either no taller than Caprina, or towered over her, and her dress seemed to be made of the floor and walls itself.
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Caprina didn't know for sure whether she was the Witch, but given how confusing it was to look at her, it seemed a reasonable assumption.
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―So, you've finally come.
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The Witch said nothing, and stood completely still.
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Caprina gestured to another chair across her own.
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―Feel free to sit.
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I'm assuming you'd like to chat.
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The unexpected visitor gave no reply to Caprina's invitation, which seemed rude.
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Caprina turned her back on the Witch, and walked to the window, looking out off the side of the mountain down to the river which ran through the valley below.
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―The Emperor carved this temple, or so it's said.
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After he repented his sins on his ascent to the summit, he climbed back down and decided that this was where he would spend the rest of his life.
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They say that with a single breath he carved the main hall, and the sound of that breath echoed back from the valley, each echo carving a smaller room in turn.
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The Witch looked thoughtful for a moment, before finally moving to open her damn mouth.
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―Is that true? the Witch asked.
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―Beats me, I wasn't there at the time.
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Sounds made up, but there are crazier stories about the Emperor that are true.
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Also, if you don't want to take the chair, this old goat is going to sit herself back down anyway.
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Rest my bones.
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Caprina slowly walked back to her comfy chair, and picked up her comfy tea.
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If she had to engage in a staring match with a taciturn Witch, she'd do so comfortably.
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At her age, it was worth spending her remaining time keeping her bones from aching.
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―Witch, I suppose you're here for a reason.
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You better spit it out before I die of old age and save you the pleasure of killing me.
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―Very well, Caprina Zeuit.
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I want you to formally appoint me your successor and abdicate.
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―Oh, and why would I do that?
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―Because it would be easier than the alternative.
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―That's not a particularly attractive choice, Witch.
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―It should be, Caprina.
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I ask only for the authority of the Temple to be given willingly, rather than taken later by force.
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It is no burden for me to wait, and we will both be better for avoiding spilling blood here.
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―I don't know what you want, or even who you really are.
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It took a while to work out that a Witch was involved at all, from the signature of your attack.
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Partaking of the power left over after the division into the three voices.
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Confusing to sense something new and
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