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Message: <blockquote data-quote="talien" data-source="post: 4697463" data-attributes="member: 3285">Brothers: Part 5 – Universita Degli StudiSebastian led his motley crew of companions through the twisting halls of the Universita degli Studi. “The one name we have is Roberto Anzalone.  He’s a professor in the Department of Letters.”“So that’s who we’re going to see?” asked Vlad.Sebastian shook his head.  “Professor Anzalone is not at the university. We’re meeting Paulo Bacci, a colleague of Anzalone’s in the History department.” He paused.  “Maybe it’s best if you all wait out here.”It wasn’t every day that a dwarf and a fully armed Milandisian entered a scholar’s quarters.Sebastian entered Paulo’s office.  Paulo was sitting at his desk.  Despite Sebastian’s slightly feral features, he an odd sort of charisma that people—not animals—related to.Paulo was a thin, scholarly type.  “Welcome, Mister Arnyal.” He gestured at the chair on the other side of the desk.“Hello Signori Bacci.”  Sebastian used the formal mode of Coryan speech as he seated himself.  “I was wondering if you could help me.”“Yes?”“I am looking for Roberto Anzalone.  He was headed on some sort of expedition?”“Ah yes, I know Anzalone,” said Paulo. “He left a week ago.  They’re heading for the Forbidden Lands, intending to locate the site of Jiwakhar.  I suspect he may be gone for six months.”“Six months.” Sebastian tapped his lips with one finger.  “I’m concerned for him.  You see, I have evidence to believe that he has fallen in with religious fanatics.  Does the name Livius Carbo ring a bell?”Paulo sat back in his chair, sizing up Sebastian for a moment.  “Yes, that does sound familiar.  Let me check my papers…”  He pulled out a drawer and rifled through documents.  Finally, he pulled a sheet out.  “Ah yes.  Here it is.”  Paulo scanned the documents.  “That’s strange.  This contradicts what he told me.”“How so?”“A graduate student from the university, Carlo Schippone, is actually traveling on an expedition to Nyambe, along with a friend of Professor Anzalone’s.”“Livius Carbo?”“Precisely. I think the Emperor had an interest in the expedition too. A centurion, Flavius Claudius Servilius, accompanied the three other men.  Please keep that quiet, I should probably not be telling you all this. ““Your secret is safe with me.” Sebastian rose and shook Paulo’s hand.  “Are you planning to stop him?”Sebastian paused at the doorway. “We’ve been trying to catch up with Carbo for over a year. If he’s traveling by ship, there’s no way we’ll get to him in time.”“Nyambe’s on the other side of the world!” said Paulo, incredulous.  “Surely his expedition cannot do much harm there.”“You’d be surprised how small Arcanis really is,” Sebastian said ruefully.</blockquote>

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