"Da," he responded, rubbing his jaw, feeling the ghost of pale stubble. "Sure it is."
Of all the things a man might ask for in return for serving well. There were so many things, all of them material and understandable.
He recovered forcibly, turning onto his arm and meeting Taras's gaze with a resolute nod.
"Okei, no. I...yes, I can do that. I can..."
He paused, repressing a shudder and replacing it with a taut smile.
"Know you."
Lasha placed a hand on Oleksei's arm, laying it in over like stone.
"Magoo," he managed, sighing, feeling the weight of something inexorable. "You've been loyal and valuable to me, and you know that I would give you anything in my power. If it's what you want, you deserve that."
Ilarion shook his head.
"I don't understand why it matters to you, but there it is. You have it."
Somewhere, he thought, wryly, Aleksandr was turning over violently in the grave of his slumber.
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"Da," he responded, rubbing his jaw, feeling the ghost of pale stubble. "Sure it is."
Of all the things a man might ask for in return for serving well. There were so many things, all of them material and understandable.
He recovered forcibly, turning onto his arm and meeting Taras's gaze with a resolute nod.
"Okei, no. I...yes, I can do that. I can..."
He paused, repressing a shudder and replacing it with a taut smile.
"Know you."
Lasha placed a hand on Oleksei's arm, laying it in over like stone.
"Magoo," he managed, sighing, feeling the weight of something inexorable. "You've been loyal and valuable to me, and you know that I would give you anything in my power. If it's what you want, you deserve that."
Ilarion shook his head.
"I don't understand why it matters to you, but there it is. You have it."
Somewhere, he thought, wryly, Aleksandr was turning over violently in the grave of his slumber.