Two Crows Watch from the Gallows Tree (part 10)

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“True enough,” Pratik agreed.

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"Do all the Lords here do that?" he asked.
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“Hah, absolutely not,” Pratik said, shaking his head. “You remember Tarr…”

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"I only saw him when he was in the stables, but yes, he did give the impression of preferring honorifics," he mused. "I hope the others will get out of there someday..."
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“They will,” Pratik said firmly. He’d already decided that much. “The instant Ash says I can — or the instant I’m not longer on his payroll and can do as I like — Tarr is a dead man. And (his General I can’t remember 😬- he’d call him by his last name), too.”

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"There will be grave consequences for killing a Lord," Rickard warned, keeping his voice low.
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(Ahh thanks! I was thinking Ulric and knew that was wrong haha)

“I’m aware,” Pratik said gravely. “If this is how I go out, I’m content. Fuck him.”

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(That was close!)

"I'd rather you didn't go out at all, but won't Lord Ash be at war with Lord Tarr for quite awhile? Perhaps you'll be able to convince him Tarr needs to die."
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“Hm… I don’t know that he would,” Pratik said. “As you said, there are significant consequences. He’d be stupid to take the risk himself. He actually has a reason for self preservation — a fiefdom to run, a family to raise. And a lack of revenge passion. Unlike me.”

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"But Lord Tarr ignored the King's orders to stand down, so maybe rules aren't what they were."
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“Maybe,” Pratik agreed. “We can hope. It’d be easier to do it with reinforcements… I mean I can get in just fine. Do it myself. But it’d be more likely to get back out if I had help.”

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"Maybe you can talk to Lord Ash about it and see how he feels," he suggested. "You said he's not really about revenge, but Sera said he purged this place when his brother died. Brutally."
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“Very true,” Pratik agreed. “I have no doubt he takes revenge and is savage about it. But it’s not like Tarr personally has come after him… though I suppose there is Lyra, so there’s that.”

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"The poor girl." He shook his head sadly. "He must feel some sense of responsibility for what happened..."
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Pratik cringed and nodded. “I can’t imagine.”

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