Plays of Gods and Men

"Tharmia:

You know that my lineage is almost divine.



Arolind:

My father's sword was so terrible that he had to hide it with a cloak.



Tharmia:

He probably did that because there were no jewels in the scabbard.



Arolind:

There were emeralds in it that outstared the sea.



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Tharmia:

Now I must leave you here and go down among the shops for I have not changed my hair since we came to Thek.



Ichtharion:

Have you not brought that from Barbul-el-Sharnak?"