Castellan's Offer

"That is not important now. Suffice it to say that I died and became a ghost, trapped in a chamber not far from here for a very long time - I had no way of knowing precisely how long. Then the knight whose body I am now using came along, and unwittingly gave me the chance of freedom. And then I found my exit blocked by your magic... But it occurs to me that our meeting could be fortuitous, so that the delay is not the annoyance that it at first seemed. Think what the two of us could achieve working together! You, I assume, will have the knowledge of the modern world that I lack, especially its politics and culture. I, for all that you have shown yourself an able sorceror" - "necromancer" - "whatever you choose to call it... I must be by far your superior, for there has never been a magic user who was my equal."

1. This was not the wisest thing to have said, as it antagonises Belboz.
2. "You don't know what advances may have been made since your own time," Belboz objects. "But putting that to one side for the moment, what exactly are you proposing?"

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