Oh my god, thought Jepson: He thinks we’re having an argument. Dismay, tinged with macabre amusement, roiled up through him. He and Tatham were in the office with the so-called dragon marshal, who was done up in a laughable raiment. Tunic, sash, glossy boots. Tatham was older, technically not Jepson’s

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