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Message: <blockquote data-quote="doghead" data-source="post: 1976984" data-attributes="member: 8243">Xavier Roces, human male servant of HeironeousXavier is no stranger to the ways of the court. But the Baron seems particularly ... pragmatic, Xavier concludes. Xaviers father drilled into him that the all of society lives by a covenant, and thhose that ignore the duties it imposes do so at their peril. No matter how powerful. Or to use the words that his father favoured, "Xavier, the Lord is his people's servant". Baron Vilral, Xavier concludes, probably wouldn't see eye to eye on that one.Xavier, somewhat caught up in his own thought, is somewhat startled by the approach of Gortentag kar Helberg of the Kronerg Republic. When he realises who is standing beside him, he experiences a sudden thrill. Of course he has heard of the Republic during his time at Talos. But never had he had the chance to talk to an ambassador from there. Never before had one sought him out specifically. Now I'm a player. He bows to give himself a moment to compose his thoughts. He clamps down savagely on the giddy feeling. Steady! Walk first or you're going to fall flat on your face in front everyone.Xavier returns the greeting with the approapriate formalities. The ambassador's comment about faith catches Xavier somewhat by surprise, again. For a moment he is about to make some approapriately banal response. He angrily quashes it. Better honest silence, he reminds himself. I've barely penentrated the outer fringes of the court, reached the lowest of rungs. Already you are starting to be tempted to speak hollow words. Does it get worse the further you go? Lord if I am almost falling to temptation here, do I have the strength to remain an decent man? Wrenching his thoughts back to the here and now, he thanks the amabassador for the invitation, which he would be pleased to take up. Which is true, for Xavier is discovering within himself a hunger to know more of the world.I'm going to be busy. Any more of this and I am going to need a secretary of affairs.</blockquote>

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