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Only when I’m done with my steak do I mention in passing the visit of Mr. Koryaga’s lawyer. Sh’Irene frowns slightly as she listens to this brief sketch, too.

– He wanted to deceive me, – I say at the end and quickly wash down the unpleasant aftertaste with a portion of sweet alcohol. – These moonshiners…

Shea cleared his throat delicately so I could slow down. A couple of times I got carried away, and I managed to say things that made things tense and awkward between us for a while. Now, if I start to forget myself again, he’s always on my guard. Another “maybe, huh?”

– Didn’t you think Shad’Far really wanted to find a peaceful compromise? In the face of two not-so-good scandals, he obviously doesn’t want a third.

– I think if he didn’t want a scandal, he’d just leave us alone. It’s not the last backyard in the world, and the moon children would be more comfortable in a well-appointed central neighborhood than in our hollows.

– Perhaps, – Shea pensively and without appetite, picking at the lettuce leaves, – he’s just not used to losing? If he loses to you, his rivals in the race will see it as a weakness and act more aggressively? I mean, what I’m saying is.