| "Exactly," Anaka states, tail swishing as she stands and pats Astra
on her back.
"Then....we need to....discuss the error of Duke Drederigo's ways,"
rumbles Pall. This brings a chorus of agreements....for through Astra,
they have come to know what Fred's father has done.
Fred stands, and the adventurers fall silent. The manfox clearly has
something to say.
"By now you know why.....I have a....'grudge' against my father," Fred
begins in a droll voice. Heads nods at this.
"For a long time, he and his friends have been a blight on the House
D'Honaire, but now.....this has grown more complex than a mere stain on
a single House.
"He's a stain on the honor of the human race," Fred snarls in an icy
voice. His hackles stand up on end as his ears flatten in anger. His thick,
furry tail swishes furiously about. "Not only does he betray his son, me,
by switching maps so I face not a mere dragon....but a Dragon Lord, he
then abandons his very country in a mad dash to carve out an empire for
himself. He cut and mauled all who opposed him, and only by the bravery
and skills of both Astra and Willian.....my cousin......did they escape
my......bastard father's wrath.
"But we.....are going to put an END to this. WE are going to send my
'dear' father running and this.....fox will give chase....along with you.....to
this rabid hound who must be put down. And this is how we shall do it."
Astra and the others listen intently as he lays out the plans that he
and the Golem who called himself Probe had hatched. As soon as Fred finished,
almost all faces had a feral smile at the warm feelings the picture of
a terrified Drederigo gave off. The exception stood and spoke.
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