Chapter 33
Posted: 01 Mar 2008 12:43
If you know all of your ancestors, you were a personal witness to the events
which created the myths and religions of our past. Recognizing this, you must
think of me as a myth-maker.
-The Stolen Journals
The Ixian embassy comes under attack by explosives from Face Dancers and a rebel splinter group. Leto is furious, a feeling he hasn't felt in a long time. He speeds from his crypt beneath the city to the surface and dives his cart into the attackers, spilling himself in front of the embassy where he thrashes and rolls around, smashing them. The Fish Speakers stand there in awe until one orders them to pick off the straglers. Blood seeping between Leto's segments agonizes him, it is buffeted water and poisonous to him. He is prepared for such a thing though and retreats to a cleansing room in the crypt that dries him with hot air jets. He orders Hwi summoned and has a message sent to Anteac saying this is why her quarters are so far away from him. She is to link up with the commander of the Fish Speaker garrison on Ix, find Malky, and either kill him or bring him back, he is not to remain alive and free. He sends out an order to save some of the Face Dancers. He calls Nayla and orders her to reveal to Siona that she is a Fish Speaker but that she is sworn to obey Siona in all things. She is to find opportunities to get Duncan and Siona alone together.
Leto tells Hwi that this was to test how much Leto values Hwi and he gives her an opportunity to reconsider their marriage. She must not try to dispell the nasty rumors about him, when he's gone they must call him Shaitan. Long after that the hate will fade until one day his journals will be found and people will learn that he wasn't what they thought. She is not to interfere with Siona, she was bred to rule however the Fish Speakers will follow Duncan. He tells her he will arrange a performance of the surviving Face Dancers tomorrow, afterwards, he will announce their wedding.
which created the myths and religions of our past. Recognizing this, you must
think of me as a myth-maker.
-The Stolen Journals
The Ixian embassy comes under attack by explosives from Face Dancers and a rebel splinter group. Leto is furious, a feeling he hasn't felt in a long time. He speeds from his crypt beneath the city to the surface and dives his cart into the attackers, spilling himself in front of the embassy where he thrashes and rolls around, smashing them. The Fish Speakers stand there in awe until one orders them to pick off the straglers. Blood seeping between Leto's segments agonizes him, it is buffeted water and poisonous to him. He is prepared for such a thing though and retreats to a cleansing room in the crypt that dries him with hot air jets. He orders Hwi summoned and has a message sent to Anteac saying this is why her quarters are so far away from him. She is to link up with the commander of the Fish Speaker garrison on Ix, find Malky, and either kill him or bring him back, he is not to remain alive and free. He sends out an order to save some of the Face Dancers. He calls Nayla and orders her to reveal to Siona that she is a Fish Speaker but that she is sworn to obey Siona in all things. She is to find opportunities to get Duncan and Siona alone together.
Leto tells Hwi that this was to test how much Leto values Hwi and he gives her an opportunity to reconsider their marriage. She must not try to dispell the nasty rumors about him, when he's gone they must call him Shaitan. Long after that the hate will fade until one day his journals will be found and people will learn that he wasn't what they thought. She is not to interfere with Siona, she was bred to rule however the Fish Speakers will follow Duncan. He tells her he will arrange a performance of the surviving Face Dancers tomorrow, afterwards, he will announce their wedding.