legal. Nearly so at least.
Technically
they both had to get permission from their Counts, because duel or not, it
could start a war, in potential, but Tiera had been right there.
Technically they should have contacted the Baron's people too, but... Oops?
She
ate the last of her pancakes. The Dean however looked at the scene and then,
without hesitation, walked straight over to her. As if she was the one in
charge or something?
"I
don't suppose you know what this is all about, Countess Baker?"
She
was about to get all defensive, but realized that her previous thought was
simply correct. No one there had any hold on Terry in particular that she knew
about, except for herself and possible Havar. However that worked.
"Oh,
yes, I do . It's an incredible tale, I think you'll find. Baron First
Williams assaulted a young lady, Maggie, in the dining room and then mocked her
over it. It was clear provocation, so Countier Baker, Terry, challenged the man
to an unencumbered duel, to protect her honor. The Baron kept his clothing
amulet though, so Terry asked, very properly, if he was certain he didn't want
to meet without them, and recommended it. That technically gave them weapons,
but it was the Baron's choice, so had to be allowed. Then Terry helped to
correct the man's behavior and provided bandages for him after, so that
he won't bleed to death. I think that about covers it, right?" She looked
around and saw that Karen was actually nodding along, as if that truthfully was ,
indeed the case.
"That's
about it, Dean Hardgrove. I hate to say it, but that was the second insult to
this group of visitors this morning too. I won't mention who did the other one,
to allow the saving of face, but we are not looking good here, as a
group."
The
Dean looked around and then pointed at a group of school students. "Take
Boris to the nurse's office please, for treatment? The rest of you, kindly pass
the word that anyone insulting any guest here, at any time, will be expelled
immediately from this point forward. We're lucky that no lives have been lost
today."
Then
the man, not even waiting for anyone else to do anything, turned on a heel and
stomped away, clearly angry about the whole thing.
Which
got her to shrug.
"Everyone
back to the dining room. We have people to feed. Kolb, get with Terry and go
over what mistakes he made, please? Everyone else, stay with your adult buddy
for now." She didn't tell anyone watching that they had to pass the Dean's
words along, since the man had done that already. It would, no doubt, be the
main topic of conversation for the day.
She
was about to head back and keep working herself, when Kolb waved at her, he
looked incredibly relaxed as far as that went.
"Tiera,
you and your two need to see to making those amulets? We'll all go with you
when you're finished, so meet us in the dining room. Say in, fifty
minutes?"
She
grimaced, but actually did the math and shook her head.
"Say
in two hours? I might make the copies in an hour, maybe, but I need to
make up some new tiles for it first." Which wouldn't take a whole extra
hour, but she wasn't above sneaking in some extra time for work, if she could.
The
boys and her ran then, back to her room, and then behind the building she lived
in, to collect and cut up some little focus stone tiles. They weren't big
things, but she managed to have the boys help her scrape the surface with a
cutter, making two notches in the front of each. That really did take nearly
half an hour. Then, not knowing what else to do, she started working, just
leaving the kids sitting there, watching her.
Time
passed with decent quickness then, since she drove herself pretty deep. The
fields were decently strong, and when she opened her eyes she noticed one of
the little boys was at the door, holding one of her new weapons. The other, Clyde,
was at the back of the room, near the far wall. Guarding her. Probably because
they were buddies now. She'd said so, several times, hadn't she? It
Technically
they both had to get permission from their Counts, because duel or not, it
could start a war, in potential, but Tiera had been right there.
Technically they should have contacted the Baron's people too, but... Oops?
She
ate the last of her pancakes. The Dean however looked at the scene and then,
without hesitation, walked straight over to her. As if she was the one in
charge or something?
"I
don't suppose you know what this is all about, Countess Baker?"
She
was about to get all defensive, but realized that her previous thought was
simply correct. No one there had any hold on Terry in particular that she knew
about, except for herself and possible Havar. However that worked.
"Oh,
yes, I do . It's an incredible tale, I think you'll find. Baron First
Williams assaulted a young lady, Maggie, in the dining room and then mocked her
over it. It was clear provocation, so Countier Baker, Terry, challenged the man
to an unencumbered duel, to protect her honor. The Baron kept his clothing
amulet though, so Terry asked, very properly, if he was certain he didn't want
to meet without them, and recommended it. That technically gave them weapons,
but it was the Baron's choice, so had to be allowed. Then Terry helped to
correct the man's behavior and provided bandages for him after, so that
he won't bleed to death. I think that about covers it, right?" She looked
around and saw that Karen was actually nodding along, as if that truthfully was ,
indeed the case.
"That's
about it, Dean Hardgrove. I hate to say it, but that was the second insult to
this group of visitors this morning too. I won't mention who did the other one,
to allow the saving of face, but we are not looking good here, as a
group."
The
Dean looked around and then pointed at a group of school students. "Take
Boris to the nurse's office please, for treatment? The rest of you, kindly pass
the word that anyone insulting any guest here, at any time, will be expelled
immediately from this point forward. We're lucky that no lives have been lost
today."
Then
the man, not even waiting for anyone else to do anything, turned on a heel and
stomped away, clearly angry about the whole thing.
Which
got her to shrug.
"Everyone
back to the dining room. We have people to feed. Kolb, get with Terry and go
over what mistakes he made, please? Everyone else, stay with your adult buddy
for now." She didn't tell anyone watching that they had to pass the Dean's
words along, since the man had done that already. It would, no doubt, be the
main topic of conversation for the day.
She
was about to head back and keep working herself, when Kolb waved at her, he
looked incredibly relaxed as far as that went.
"Tiera,
you and your two need to see to making those amulets? We'll all go with you
when you're finished, so meet us in the dining room. Say in, fifty
minutes?"
She
grimaced, but actually did the math and shook her head.
"Say
in two hours? I might make the copies in an hour, maybe, but I need to
make up some new tiles for it first." Which wouldn't take a whole extra
hour, but she wasn't above sneaking in some extra time for work, if she could.
The
boys and her ran then, back to her room, and then behind the building she lived
in, to collect and cut up some little focus stone tiles. They weren't big
things, but she managed to have the boys help her scrape the surface with a
cutter, making two notches in the front of each. That really did take nearly
half an hour. Then, not knowing what else to do, she started working, just
leaving the kids sitting there, watching her.
Time
passed with decent quickness then, since she drove herself pretty deep. The
fields were decently strong, and when she opened her eyes she noticed one of
the little boys was at the door, holding one of her new weapons. The other, Clyde,
was at the back of the room, near the far wall. Guarding her. Probably because
they were buddies now. She'd said so, several times, hadn't she? It
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