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. A viewing stand has been erected to accommodate the king and queen and the numerous dignitaries during the ceremony. After that, Their Majesties will retreat inside the temple for a private religious service, which will not be made public. As you know, my friend, it is extremely difficult to get inside the temple. Security has been tightened since the attempted kidnapping of the queen."
"So if the knights are going to assassinate the king, their best plan would be to strike during the opening ceremonies."
"His Majesty would be an ideal target," Rowan said thoughtfully. "Seated on a platform out in the open. His bizarre and mysterious death witnessed by millions. Yes, that would be the time I would kill him."
"When do the ceremonies begin?"
"High zenith two descending," Raoul replied promptly. "Ceres time."
Xris glared at him. "Put that in real time."
Raoul's eyelids fluttered. "Real time. What an extraordinary concept. When time itself is an arbitrary device, inflicted upon events by those who--Oh, very well." Sighing, he began counting on his fingers. "Ten hundred hours. Eleven hundred hours. Twelve hundred... I always get confused after that. Twelve hundred is high zenith. Thirteen hundred would be high zenith one descending. High zenith two descending would be--Where was I?"
"Fourteen hundred," Xris said grimly. "Jamil, doublecheck that. Next: locating the negative wave device
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