บท 201: Servant of the Axe, 101 - Fallen God

Chapter Type: Background

There were two people fighting a duel on the docks when we got there, all finery and frills and fencing.

"Has the Daurian trader been through recently?" I asked.

"Oh, they're fighting to see which of them gets to treat that strumpet to a day of their company."

"No," I said.  "the Daurian freighter.  Has it been through recently?"

"No, but it's not unusual for … by the gods!  You're a lizard!"

I blinked at him.  "I suppose so.  Since you want to talk about the duel, any clue who the participants are?"

"Two fancy highborns with too much time and too little respect for critical hits."

"They do happen with more commonality than I'd like."  I realize I'm biased, having suffered my proportionate share of them.

He went back to watching the duel.  I circled around to talk to the strumpet.  "Miss Elizabeth."