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I'm not really interested in being king. I prefer to work for a living

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Now for God's sake, will you two start behaving like a princess and a Courier? Halt told them. If you don't, I'll have to think about sending Will home.' 'Me?' Will said, his voice breaking into a high-pitched squeak of indignation. 'What's it got to do with me?' 'It's all your fault!' Halt shouted irrationally.
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Come closer, Kurokuma. It's quite safe.' Horace shuffled closer to the edge... 'Quite safe, my foot,' he muttered to himself. 'And what's this Kurokuma you keep calling me?' 'It's a term of great respect,' Shigeru told him. 'Great respect,' Shukin echoed.
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Ah, Signor Halt,' he said uncertainly, 'you are making a joke, yes?' 'He is making a joke, no,' Will said. 'But he likes to think he is making a joke, yes.
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Remember, this thing is small. It's not like the wolfships. It'll ride over the waves, not crash through them. So we're safe as houses. He wasn't sure about the last two statements, but they seemed logical to him.
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I nearly forgot, Ragnak had a further message for you. He said if we lose this battle and loses his slaves as well, he's going to kill you for it, he said cheerfully. Halt smiled grimly. If we lose this battle, he may have to get in line to do it. There'll be a few thousand Temujai cavalrymen in front of him.
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