Liavek 2 by Will Shetterly & Emma Bull

Author:Will Shetterly & Emma Bull [Shetterly, Will & Bull, Emma]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: CatYelling
Published: 2015-08-18T05:00:00+00:00

"I see you've been busy since last I saw thee, you have." Atop the brick pile sat Tavi. "A murder, a visiting vavasor, and soon to be presented to Her Magnificence, Tazli Ifino iv Larwin, the Levar, the Mad Child of Liavek. My, my, but we are getting up in the world, we are."

Elmutt climbed to his feet. "Where have you been?"

Tavi laughed. "Oh, Tavi had to make certain that you could not turn him into a tentacled wonder as you did to that poor old woman, may her soul rest in Narkaan's tender claws. Be certain that Tavi will never ask you for his fortune. No, no." The troll leaned in Elmutt's direction, a sly look on his face. "With the Levar under your power, Elmutt, and Tavi upon your shoulder advising you, just think of the chaos we can cause, we can."

As Tavi prattled on about how they could wreak havoc upon the world for fun and profit, Elmutt studied the creature. For the first time he asked himself if Tavi was an independent being or a creature created by his own hate and despair. There was no answer. He looked at the morning light upon the cellar stairs. Hooking Mortice's bag of coppers onto his belt, he headed for the alley. Tavi appeared on his left shoulder.

"Where do we go, fortune maker, where?"

"In a few hours it will be noon. Before then I must purchase new clothing." He paused, wondering if the vessel of his magic was composed of some article of his clothing. And why, he asked of himself, why can I not create my own future? Why can I not wish myself a new reality?

Tavi fell into silence for a moment, vanished, then reappeared garbed in purple suit and slippers with a bright yellow cape. "Tavi has completed his shopping, he has. Tavi will shame the palace trolls. Do you like?"

"It's fine, Tavi, except for the hood."

The troll frowned. "There is no hood, Elmutt."

"That is what I mean. You need a hood to hide your ugly face."

Tavi grinned slyly at the picker. "Your mood is excellent for the evil we will cause at the Levar's court today, it is." The troll fell into silence as it giddily contemplated death and destruction.

As Elmutt came to the top of the stairs and turned south toward the Street of Rain, he resolved to find out from Geth Dys the next time they met why he could not work his magic upon himself. As the picker passed by them, the people of the alley avoided looking in his direction.

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Later, as he rapidly walked the Avenue of the Moon around the south of Mystery Hill, it gnawed at him that the power he had achieved had produced little more than fear. Fear from the people on the alley, his own fear and shame of his darker self, and in addition, the attention of the magician-priest, Geth Dys, who frightened him. Perhaps this power, he thought, is not the answer. On the other hand, perhaps I simply do not have enough power.

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