Part 26

“Neither did any of The Forty-Four.” Six noted, with a proud grin and a quick fist-clench to the pack of twelve-year-old siblings under his command. “You showed some fine discipline there, brothers and sisters.”

“Yah, at this rate we’ll make diplomats and academics of you yet!” Fire commented with a quiet laugh. “You’ll be able to withstand a veritable infinity of boring speeches!”

Meechla, the smallest of The Forty-Four, appeared standing directly in front of Fire, and snapped an exaggerated salute along with a click of her boot-heels before standing rigidly to attention. “Yes Sir Commander Fire Princess Helemia Ma’am!” the tiny warlock yelled in a piping voice that sounded three years old, saluted again with an even-more ostentatious motion, and disappeared back to her seat amidst the laughter of her platoon-mates.

“And don’t you forget it!” Fire yelled back with a playful grin.

“You know, I’m almost entirely sure that she was being sarcastic that time.” Six stated with a completely straight face, which drew another round of laughs.

“True, but as long as she’s disciplined and respectful, I’ll let it pass.” Fire returned.

“Besides, Meechla is far too cute to get mad at anyway!” Val giggled.

“You take that back!” Meechla yelled in mock-anger from her seat near the back of their section.

“I won’t and you can’t make me!” Val laughed back.

demanded, appearing before the Governors again with her tiny fists on her hips. “Well if you don’t, I’ll put a million copies of this all over Kellaran!” she stated as she cast a quick Illusion of a formally executed and framed painting. It showed Val with one finger in her mouth and a bashful, infantile expression on her face, her hair in dozens of braids each secured with a big pink bow of ribbon, wearing a toddler’s-style fuzzy pink dress accented with dozens more

away!” Val laughed as she turned her head and raised her hands in mock-horror. “I take

triumphantly crowed, and went back to

few artists who could produce such a detailed and original picture from their own imagination in such a short time. That was actually

Talia!” Meechla called from

she’s quite attentive!” Talia added

children. “I’ll be right back with some snacks

of The Forty-Four called out, so she

the meeting resumed. As he suspected would be the case, it was the gods rather than Somonik who appeared on the stage to resume the proceedings. Falgaroth, Visinniria, Neela, and Amirgath waited a moment to be sure they had everyone’s

Longstrider the Fifth, Prince of Hilia, Lord of Serminak, key to the imminent nexus of Kellaran, Key

the very first time that the timing of the Ascension of any god was known in advance, it will be the first time that an Ascension can be directly witnessed by any other god or living mortal, and we ask that all of the Kellaran-Triax Alliance

big blue

Mark responded with a grin as he stood at his

toss of his voluminous mane. “Would you care to explain

cast Multiple Simultaneous Manifestations, and a copy of himself appeared on stage among

The copy that was still with his

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