| After a moment he said, "I never knew them, but... 750 |
[Mar. 4th, 2010|02:58 am] |
After a moment he said, "I never knew them, but will you allow me to say that I doubt it? Truly I doubt it, Alessan After a moment the Prince touched his shoulderThere are those who would disagree, I'm afraidBut thank you, nonetheless
And with those words he seemed to remember something, or be recalled to somethingI must speak with Ducas, and then we'll have to catch up with Erlein and go onWe've a lot of ground to cover yet He looked at Devin appraisingly"You must be exhaustedI should have asked before: how is your leg? Can you ride?"
"I'm fine," Devin protested quickly"Of course I can ride Someone behind them laughed sardonicallyTo discover that Erlein |
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| Not six Barbadians on horses by a road in... 218 |
[Mar. 3rd, 2010|04:24 am] |
Not six Barbadians on horses by a road in Certando, but as many Ygrathen soldiers in the square before his father's house long agoSo many years, and the memory still sharp as a wound from only yesterdayAll the normal measures of time seemed to fall apart and blow away in moments such as this
Baerd forced himself to avert his gaze before the Barbadian's glareHe knew he had made a mistake, knew this was a mistake he would always make if he wasn't carefulHe had been too euphoric though, rushing too fast on a floodtide of emotion, seeing this marching column as dancing to the tune he and Alessan had calledBut it was early yet, far too early, so |
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| "It will be useless where we are goingWe will... 738 |
[Feb. 15th, 2010|03:17 am] |
"It will be useless where we are goingWe will find our weapons in the fields
Baerd hesitated a moment longer |
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| "The honor of a ruler, and his duty, lies in his... 89 |
[Feb. 13th, 2010|03:41 am] |
"The honor of a ruler, and his duty, lies in his care for his land and his peopleThat is the only true measureAnd the price, part of the price of that, comes when he must go against his own soul's needs and do such things that will grieve him to the very bones of his handsSuch things," he added softly, "as the Prince of Tigana has just done to you
But Erlein's voice shot back, unpersuaded, contemptuous"And how," he snarled, "does a bought sword from Khardhun presume to use the word honor or to speak about the burdens of a prince?" He wanted the words to hurt, Devin could see, but what came through in the inflections of his voice was the sound of someone lost and afraidBehind them the fire caught with a rush, and the orange glow spun outward, illuminating Erlein's taut rage and |
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[Feb. 10th, 2010|10:28 pm] |
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| "Russia Approves Charter Flights from Georgia |
[Feb. 5th, 2010|10:53 am] |
"Moscow has authorized the first direct flights between Russia and Georgia since a brief war between the two countries in August 2008, the Russian Transportation Ministry said Thursday.
""Georgian Airways will be allowed to run Tbilisi-Moscow-Tbilisi charter flights on Jan. 8-10 and Tbilisi-St. Petersburg-Tbilisi flights on Jan. 9 and 10,"" the ministry said.
The ministry added that the resumption of regular flights still requires negotiations.
Direct flights between Tbilisi and Moscow were halted in 2006 over a spy row between the former Soviet neighbors. The flights were resumed for a short time in 2008, but were suspended again after the five-day Caucasus war.
The Russian Transportation Ministry had earlier given permission for charter flights from Tbilisi to Moscow on Dec. 29 and Dec. 30, but Georgian Airways later announced that the dates for the flights would be postponed for at least a week.
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