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. He's the same way. Those two
understand each other. "
"You may be right."
"I am."
"If the fight had gone the other way, do you think his army would have
stood for it?" I asked.
Julian shrugged. "He knew mine would if he won, because he knew I stood
to gain by it. That was sufficient."
I nodded.
"Excuse me," he said. "I have to report this business to Vialle now. I
assume you'll want to trump through when I've finished?"
"Yes. He produced a card and set about the business. And I found myself
wondering, not for the first time, just what it was that Vialle sensed when
it came to a Trump contact. I always see the other person myself, and all of
the others say that they do, too. But Vialle, as I understood it, had been
blind from birth. I've always felt it would be impolite to ask her, and for
that matter it's occurred to me that her answer probably wouldn't make much
sense to a sighted person. I'll probably always wonder, though.
As Julian addressed her shadowy presence, I turned my mind to the
future. I was going to have to do something about Mask and Jurt soon, and it
looked now as if I'd be. doing it without Luke. Did I really want to follow
his advice and try to talk Jasra into an alliance against them? Would the
benefits really be worth the risk? And if Ididn't, how would I manage the
thing? Maybe I should make my way back to that strange bar and see about
renting the Jabberwock
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