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Slowly, Croaker told him. We can talk about that later. You do us any good up there?

Not much, to be honest.

Damn!

We did get a bunch of stuff for the Annals. Murgen, you might want to work it in. Its stuff about what other people were doing that will help make better sense of what we did. I figure you could work it in between stuff that Croaker wrote. That way them that comes after us can see both sides. Huhm?

Maybe you ought to take over. Sourly.

Learn me how to read and write. Im too old for this other shit.

Might do that, I glanced at Croaker. Long as you dont edit me.

The Old Man grinned.

Hagop chuckled. The gods forfend, Murgen. Not me. Hey. I found out all about what happened after we left up there, too. You wouldnt believe the excitement. The Limper came back one more time. Dont worry. Its all settled now. The empire is boring these days.

Sounds like I wish I was back home.

Croaker asked, Did you actually get into the Tower?

We spent six months there. Mainly getting the runaround at first.

And?

We finally convinced them that Lady was getting her powers back. They got cooperative then. Folks in the Tower these days like not having her around.

Gee. Thatll break her heart, I said.

Hagop grinned. Yeah. They wont send us any help. Say they dont want to make any new enemies. I think its mostly because they dont want Lady getting nostalgic for her good old days and heading back north.

Croaker said, We figured that. Theres nothing in this for them but keeping Lady away. What did you get?

They opened their records. Lent us translators. Even opened graves when we asked.

They would have an interest in who was buried there themselves.

Damned if they didnt. They had to change their linens after we told them who all turned up alive down here. See, they had a major scare when the Limper came back and damned near took them apart.

I said, That guy had a bigger boner for us than Soulcatcher does. No way did we need to add the Limper to our list of enemies. What about my turnip seeds?

Hagop said, They made sure of Limper this time. Absolutely sure. I got your seeds. Turnips and parsnips and even some seed potatoes if they havent spoiled.

Croaker said, They would make sure of Limper. He watched Otto prowl. Otto was restless, uncomfortable. So they let you poke around and even gave you some help with it. What did you learn? That had been the point. To see if they knew anything way up north that we could use here.

Not much. It dont seem likely that Longshadow was ever one of the Taken.