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There was a silence, except for the rustling of cloth as the other two shifted their feet. Then a loud bark of male laughter rang by his ear.
“Good lord,” said Brenner.
“You’re kidding. Is this Lord Caliban?”
“Yes,” said Slate.
“The one who—“
“Yes.”
“With the guards and the nuns—“
“Yes.”
Brenner grinned hugely. He had excellent teeth.
“I take back everything I said, Slate, darlin’.”
There were a great many things she had prepared to say — vague explanations, stripped of any facts that could be dangerous, mentions of the Dowager’s name, promises of amnesty in the unlikely event any of them survived.
She considered them all and rejected them one by one.
“Would you like to go on a suicide mission?” she asked instead.
He smiled. It was the the first genuine smile she’d seen all day.
“I would be honored,” he said.