Captain-Commander

After a glance at the Captain-Commander, the merchanter looks back over his shoulder, then steps away from the doorway into the Palace of Light.

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"You have not shown great enthusiasm for the plan of the First Magus to subdue the Accursed Forest," offers Luss'alt, the Mirror Lancer Captain-Commander, second in Lancer authority only to Rynst'alt.

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Captain-Commander Luss does not conceal his puzzlement.

The Magi'i Of Cyador Modesitt, L. E. 2000

"Dettaur'alt is an honored protege of Captain-Commander Luss'alt, Jerial, and much to be respected."

The Magi'i Of Cyador Modesitt, L. E. 2000

"A most excellent and worthy idea, Captain-Commander."

The Magi'i Of Cyador Modesitt, L. E. 2000

The Captain-Commander frowns, then asks, "Why did Captain Lorn's father not become more than a senior lector?"

The Magi'i Of Cyador Modesitt, L. E. 2000

LIV The magus in the shimmering white, with the silvered cupridium pin worn by only the three highest Senior Lectors on his collar, stands beside the Captain-Commander of the Mirror Lancers in an alcove twenty cubits from the three-story-high doors to the Great Hall-the main audience chamber of the Palace of Light.

The Magi'i Of Cyador Modesitt, L. E. 2000

The Second Magus and the Captain-Commander of the Mirror Lancers stand on one of the smaller western balconies of the Palace.

The Magi'i Of Cyador Modesitt, L. E. 2000

"I wish to know why you discourage Captain-Commander Luss from voicing his support of the sleep-ward project to the Majer-Commander, and why you have likewise discouraged the Emperor's Merchanter Advisor."

The Magi'i Of Cyador Modesitt, L. E. 2000

"That was indeed wise, Kharl, if not precisely for the reasons you discussed with Captain-Commander Luss."

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