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Dragonlance -- Margaret Weis And Tracy Hickman (Eds.) - Tales I, Vol. Iii - Love And War
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"I will not be insulted on my own ship!" Artavash
declared. "Guard! Guard!" Two armed Kernaffi entered the
front flap. "Escort this LADY and her servant to a cabin
below. Put a watch on the door." She stood, to get the
benefit of her commanding height. "Now, begone!"
Lady Ilys rose and put out a hand to her son. Sturm rose
also, defiant.
"He will remain," said Artavash. Sturm could feel the
tension between the two strong-willed women. This time his
mother did not press her point, and instead, drew him close
and kissed his forehead.
"Be wise," she said in a confidential voice. "And
remember who and what you are."
Artavash sent the steward out so she and Sturm would
be alone. "You are a brave boy," she said. "You might have
been killed on the roundship, yet you defended your mother
and friends courageously."
"Tomorrow is too late to be brave, my father says,"
Sturm replied.
"Hmm, just so. Your father is a wise man. Is he a great
warrior as well?"
"He is a Solamnic Knight." That said it all.
Artavash held out her hand. "Come, sit by me. I wish to
know you better." Sturm half-knelt in the pile of cushions
by her right hand. She said, "You are educated, are you
not?"
"I know my letters, and have studied the Chronicles of
Huma
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