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Cam is out flying. There's a decent cloud of atmosphere around the gold plane, now, millenia of demons making air around themselves for comfort and not sealing it up because why would you bother. There's a small forest, here - the effect is kind of ruined by the lamps it has to grow under, but it's still pretty.
He feels an open summons and lets it grab him -
Cam on Barrayar
from_scratch
from_scratch
"Oh, I'm a dead summoner myself. Bullet to the head, I was twenty-two, not fun - being a demon's great and all but I didn't manage to get in touch with my parents again before they died too, and it's hell on career aspirations, wouldn't you know it. So to speak."
from_scratch
"You'd have all these condolences and nowhere to put them. Anyway. Where can a magical demon get some sleep around here? I'm sick of coffee."
And upon being answered, Cam: sleeps.
And upon being answered, Cam: sleeps.
thisvorlunatic
It turns out that lunch with Gregor is indeed scheduled for the next day, which Cam will find out if he deigns to interact with any members of the household after he wakes up.
seewhathappens
Presumably, then, the other fellow sitting at the table is Gregor.
He's not all that much older than Miles, dressed in sober neutral colours in some clean-cut local style, tallish but not towering, brown-haired and quiet. 'Emperor' is not the word that springs to mind when you look at him.
He's not all that much older than Miles, dressed in sober neutral colours in some clean-cut local style, tallish but not towering, brown-haired and quiet. 'Emperor' is not the word that springs to mind when you look at him.
seewhathappens
"We pardon you for the crime of counterfeiting," says Gregor. "Excuse me for bringing business to the table, but I thought it was best to get that one out of the way quickly."
from_scratch
"Ah, thank you, I imagine it would be slightly awkward if I were on the hook for that."
thisvorlunatic
"Yeah, how literal is that particular hook, Gregor? I can't remember off the top of my head..."
seewhathappens
"I had someone look it up, but I can spare the gruesome details, if you'd rather not hear them...?" He looks at Cam inquiringly.
seewhathappens
"As of the last recorded case that went to trial, forty lashes followed by hanging. And there's no precedent for mitigating the sentence based on the amount, possibly because no one has stopped at under ten marks before. It would be a target for legal reform if we had any serious counterfeiters to deal with, but happily we don't."
from_scratch
"Okay. ...I wonder how long I would have wound up being left dangling there if I didn't burn the rope or anything? Huh. Anyway, pardon, much appreciated."
from_scratch
"Rumor has it," remarks Cam after a while, "that you might let me terraform your extra planet in some fashion, or possibly duplicate its solar mirror."
seewhathappens
"I'm seriously considering the idea. It would be very convenient to be able to expand the soletta without having to pay construction costs. You'd have to consult with some terraforming experts to find out what other interventions would be helpful, but the soletta would definitely be a nice start."