Elfed In New York: Magus by Erik Schubach

Author:Erik Schubach
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Erik Schubach

Chapter 11 – Training

I reflected on that short meeting with the Council Historian as I watched the spectacle in the detached garage of Grams and Gramps Renner a couple of hours later.

Claude was in the middle of watching a re-run of Jeopardy. Enjoying what looked like a beer in a glass mug and, “Cheetos? Really Claude?”

“I don't tell you how to disrupt the Council with your particular brand of chaos, so don't presume to look down your nose upon my choice of snacks, young Kia. I'm old enough to know a time without them.”

I rolled my eyes and hugged the old man, carefully, hearing his bones and tendons creak like old leather-covered tinder, belying the vitality he showed only a select few, and I was proud to be one of the people he trusted with the secret that he wasn't the doddering old man he showed the rest of the world.

After we settled into the comfortable couches of his sitting area, accepting bottles of an import Elven label of a beer owned by the Jäger clan from, funnily enough, a little styrofoam cooler he had tucked beside the overstuffed recliner he settled in, he prompted, “And to what do I owe the pleasure of your company, ladies?”

I glanced around the amazing space again, a lavish suite that looked to have antiques and artifacts spanning the centuries of his life in it. I knew some were just modern devices in disguise, like the oversize coffee table our beer bottles sat on contained a smart surface for his computing needs.

Then I shared, “A little business and a moment to decompress and just enjoy some time visiting with you. I haven't had much time recently just to enjoy the company of the people in my life, since, well since life keeps getting in the way.”

Tana leaned her shoulder into mine, making me relax into her at those words, knowing just what I meant. We'd get our own alone time soon, I made a silent pledge to myself.

“Ah, splendid. Then let us dispense with this pesky business of yours first, so that we can catch up with each other without the distraction of this 'life' you speak of.”

I couldn't help but smile at how much he sounded like a mischievous Elf just then as I shared, “I just wanted to see if you knew anything about a non-voting Elf clan named Khani. I figured that you, being the Council Historian, would have records of all the clans out there.”

Tana cocked a brow at me and looked from me to Claude, who looked endlessly amused, as if I had asked just the right question as he bent forward, bones creaking to activate the smart surface in front of us, displaying a file already pulled up with a huge list of family names along with the numbers of members, conveniently showing the family names beginning with K. The old Elf fart knew I was coming and for what.

“Ah, straight to the point, refreshing. And I can tell you I anticipated the inquiry ever since I saw that Magus person's video.

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