Two Crows Watch from the Gallows Tree (part 20)

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Tue Jan 30, 2024 2:11 am
Ljungtroll says... · Tue Jan 30, 2024 2:11 am
Ewan watched her, amused, and followed after a moment to see which ones she gravitated toward.
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Tue Jan 30, 2024 2:18 am
Shady says... · Tue Jan 30, 2024 2:18 am
Rana subconsciously brushed her fingers along the spines of the books, then pulled out a large leather-bound anthology of poetry and looked down at it, admiring the ornate cover.

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Tue Jan 30, 2024 2:20 am
Ljungtroll says... · Tue Jan 30, 2024 2:20 am
(Sure thing)

"Those are the works of Mirga Fleetfinger," Ewan said. "A very, very prominent poet in the second century of settlement."
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Tue Jan 30, 2024 2:21 am
Shady says... · Tue Jan 30, 2024 2:21 am
Rana very gently cracked the volume open. "What was... were... their... topic?"

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Tue Jan 30, 2024 2:27 am
Ljungtroll says... · Tue Jan 30, 2024 2:27 am
"She wrote mostly about the lords of that era. It was great publicity or very, very bad for a career, depending on who she wrote about. She was decapitated by one of my ancestors, I'm afraid."
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Tue Jan 30, 2024 2:27 am
Shady says... · Tue Jan 30, 2024 2:27 am
"Sounds like a risky choice," Rana said with a nod.

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Tue Jan 30, 2024 2:46 am
Ljungtroll says... · Tue Jan 30, 2024 2:46 am
"Certainly. But that's why she's so well known--she took those risks knowing full well what might happen. She provided great insight into the politics of the time."
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Tue Jan 30, 2024 3:29 am
Shady says... · Tue Jan 30, 2024 3:29 am
“Fair point. What finally did her in?”

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Tue Jan 30, 2024 3:36 am
Ljungtroll says... · Tue Jan 30, 2024 3:36 am
(He addressed that--an ancestor of his cut her head off)
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Tue Jan 30, 2024 3:51 am
Shady says... · Tue Jan 30, 2024 3:51 am
(What was the offense? Poorly worded question my bad. What did she write about that offended his ancestor enough for a murder?”

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Tue Jan 30, 2024 4:08 am
Ljungtroll says... · Tue Jan 30, 2024 4:08 am
(Ohhh my bad)

"Ah, she wrote a long lament about the war that Lord Barraster was waging against the Bledroes. It cost a lot of peasants their lives, so she was critiquing the needless civilian casualties."
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Tue Jan 30, 2024 5:03 am
Shady says... · Tue Jan 30, 2024 5:03 am
“Oof.” She winced. “Bold move. Especially if she was in his territory.”

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Tue Jan 30, 2024 1:42 pm
Ljungtroll says... · Tue Jan 30, 2024 1:42 pm
"Yeah...maybe not the best idea. But his descendants have been trying to make up for it for generations. We've joined the Ashes in pushing literacy and education, and we sponsor a poet who wants to go abroad every five years or so."
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Tue Jan 30, 2024 2:11 pm
Shady says... · Tue Jan 30, 2024 2:11 pm
“Well, that’s good anyhow. No hard feelings then?”

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Tue Jan 30, 2024 2:32 pm
Ljungtroll says... · Tue Jan 30, 2024 2:32 pm
"I mean..." Ewan winced. "Well, very hard feelings toward the one who did it and the way his next few successors tried to gloss over it. That's a stain on our family line. But I would say the Barrasters are well liked now."
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