[ Again, that part of his mind can't help but catch onto that. Pry at it, even now. Loyalty, is that what Byerly boils down to, in the end? Loyalty to his emperor? To his home? A word as Vorrutyer meaning nothing. Something about his family, perhaps, that he needs to dig further about -- or just what he'd mentioned before, the first time they spoke, about how he was disinherited?
It doesn't matter now. He pushes that aside. ]
My name means nothing, either. [ It's an alias. A codename. Another lie. ]
You have my word. I will do everything, give anything I have to, to keep her safe.
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It doesn't matter now. He pushes that aside. ]
My name means nothing, either. [ It's an alias. A codename. Another lie. ]
You have my word. I will do everything, give anything I have to, to keep her safe.