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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cerebral Paladin" data-source="post: 3214156" data-attributes="member: 3448">“But how can we interrogate him?” asked Mahler.  “We can’t let him speak without risking spells.”“Most spells require somatic components,” said Dame Brionna.“Yes, but not Suggestion,” said Alistair.  “Normally, we could have Kit read his mind…”“But not while he’s in the psionic damper shackles.”They discussed the problem for some time before reaching an unpleasant conclusion.  “If he’s in enough pain that he can’t concentrate, he won’t be able to cast,” said Alistair.  “We could also use the Gem of Truth to force him to answer our questions.”“Let’s interrogate the other one first,” said Dame Brionna.  “What we can get from him will help determine whether we need to use the Gem of Truth on the officer, and it will give us better questions in any event.”  She looked over at young Lord Brightspan.  “Perhaps it would be best if you joined Abigail and your brother, your lordship.”Alistair frowned.  “You may leave, if you wish.  But you will be a great lord someday, and you should learn some of the less pleasant parts of your duty.  You may hear disturbing things, including things about your family… but there is no room in the life of a noble for ignorance.”“Can I stay over here in the corner, far away from him?”“Yes.”“Both you and the Archduke must, in fact, stay well clear of the prisoner, just in case,” added Dame Brionna.“Then I’ll stay here with my friend.”“I will stay also, if I may,” added the Farsensor.  “I think his answers may be as relevant for my Kingdom as they are for yours.”“As you wish.  We would not have the prisoners to interrogate at all without your great assistance.”  Alistair nodded to Dame Brionna, who carefully woke the prisoner.“Amazing.  I’ve been captured alive.”“Who are you, and why are you here?” asked Alistair.The prisoner stared at him, eyes wide and poorly focused.  “We are emissaries from the Prince of the Stone City, lent to the Commander of the Sixth District.”“And yet you fight on?  Even after the Ninth District moved in force against Quinliart?”“His setbacks are temporary, but the glory from raising one of the ancient cthons will not be temporary.  Short-sighted is his cousin.”  The drow worked himself up into a frenzy as he continued ranting.  “She does not see the great picture, and she rejects the teachings of Lord Morgroth.  And he still lives and he still moves, beneath.  He has lost some allies and his cousin slew his kinfolk, but he still lives.”“But your plans against the Archduke will all fail,” said Dame Brionna.“One of us will succeed.  It is written in the pillars in the depths of the city in the Seachen lands.”“Perhaps the prophecy has been misunderstood?” suggested Alistair.“No!  It is written that the one the elves love well will fall in the light of the red moon, on the night of the rise of the Cthon of Cats and the return of the Council of the Vermin to their proper place.  And given the aid Singing Leaves gives you, who else could ‘the one the elves love well’ be?  Had you but yielded…  Great could have been your reward.  But now, with the rising of the Cthon, the Cthon, together with the newly ennobled molydeus, will join us in a strike north against Singing Leaves.  We have waited 3000 years.  Our wait is almost at its end…”“Why do you care about the Archduke?”“The royal house must fall.  The seers have looked.  While you stand, the wood will not fall.  And your young god will not permit this.”“But your attempts are failing.  What hope do you have now?”The drow struggled for a moment, but his insane urge to rant overcame his knowledge that it would hurt his cause.  “He will still die.  When the coronation comes… Those of us that remain will spread out in the crowds and begin to kill.  The basis of your power is their understanding that they serve you and that you protect them.  You will have to intervene when they begin to kill.  And there are not enough of his accursed kind to protect you when you do.”  He gestured with his head at the Eldar.The Archducal Council exchanged worried glances.  It was a dismayingly good plan.</blockquote>

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