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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cerebral Paladin" data-source="post: 2880258" data-attributes="member: 3448">Alistair smiled at the Princess. "We're very glad to see that you're safe, Aunt Cecilia." "Oh, hello, Alistair dear," Princess Cecilia said. She looked back and forth between Alistair and Kit. "Oh, that's who she is. Your special friend came to find me after that nice young man in the sewers insisted that I return to the palace." She smiled at Kit. "Don't worry, dear. He cares about you very much. And the two of you will have an easy time with children, when you want to..." Kit boggled for a moment. Then comprehension dawned. Ah, she thought. That's why one of the Archduchess's children never married... Cecilia nodded absently at her. "Oh, I suppose that made you a little uncomfortable. They always did get a little uncomfortable when I was about in social events. All these things are just so obvious to me... I forget that not everyone can see them. And some people get upset when they're mentioned." "Umm, don't worry about it, Princess," said Kit. "But why were you in the sewers, anyway?" "There are more ratmen there. I found the one assassin as he was sneaking into my room and trapped him in my closet. But there are others, and not everyone can see them like I can, you know." Dame Brionna stiffened. "You trapped one in your closet? Is it still alive?" "I expect so. Plenty of air in there. I don't think it realized that the closet doesn't permit extradimensional travel out-- can't have thieves teleporting in among one's private things, you know." Dame Brionna gestured for one of the disguised bone devils to go to retrieve the skaven assassin. "Aunt Cecilia... I'd like to take you to meet the entire palace household staff. Ostensibly, of course, this will be for my benefit. But that's the best way for us to identify the remainder of the ratmen. We have to deal with them quickly." After a few quick orders, the entire palace staff was assembled for inspection, each group gathered in and around its own work area. The group worked its way rapidly through the staff, accompanied by Princess Cecilia, a group of guards, and the disguised bone devils. The examination started with the kitchen staff; with Guenivieve and Anna already dealt with, Princess Cecilia looked over the rest of the kitchen staff without any reaction. In the next group, however, she gestured at one of the servants. "Arrest him. He has been spying on us for Hanal." The guards quickly hauled him off. In the next group, she again gestured. "Arrest him. A skaven spy." She then pointed at another. "And dismiss him from our service. He is a bad man, who has been lying and cheating on his wife." In the fourth group, the Seneschal's aides, she simply said, "Kill him."</blockquote>

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