Can It Be True?

"Deera was telling me that these people think that King Emry is not to be trusted," Fred replied. "As I understand it, they claim that if he really wanted to slay the dragon then he would have sent a powerful mage rather than a succession of knights."

"That's right," Deera said.

"You must know your king pretty well," Astra said. "Do you think that it could be true?"

1. "I'm reluctant to believe it, but I can't see why he has never sent a mage."
2. "These people don't understand the deep mistrust with which magic users are viewed in Allaria. Sending a mage would have been unthinkable. No offence intended to any who may be present."

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