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Aket-ten heard them, too, and suddenly her demeanor changed-he sensed 't in the shift of her posture.

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Aket-ten opened her mouth to lash out at the girl, when suddenly something occurred to her, and instead, she smiled.

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The two had something of the usual sibling quarrels, exacerbated by Orest having decided quite on his own that, since all of his brothers were off and their father was immensely busy helping Great King Ari reconcile Altans and Tians, it was his duty to "keep an eye on" Aket-ten.

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Avatre gave him the most comical look of astonishment he had ever seen on the face of a dragon when Aket-ten persuaded her that she was to go hunting in the town alone, without her Jouster.

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"I should like a proper bed," Aket-ten said at last, speaking aloud.

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Whatever Aket-ten thought of him, the servants knew their jobs, and were not letting him go unattended.

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Granted, she had no servants, but as a farm girl she was used to that, and tending to her egg and learning about dragons from Aket-ten was scarcely an onerous job.

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For all he knew, this was the same amulet that had sent him and Aket-ten off to wander.

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Servants there offered them both drinks and little dainties; he declined, but Aket-ten took a delicate goblet of pomegranate juice absently, staring at him with a rueful expression on her face.

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"If we are going to look for things as small as flies," Aket-ten mused, glancing at the open door and the growing light outside, "We had better go on foot."

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