[ maia forces his fingers to unlace, his hands to rest lightly on the arms of the chair. this is.. not as bad as he'd feared. all that practice he's had recently had helped, no doubt, though he still feels a little dull and tongue-tied in conversation.
he can't help the slightly puzzled glance, though. eight. ] And are his nohecharei among them? [ though he supposes the others all have an obligation to protect their emperor, maia knows his own courtiers would be entirely scandalized by being required to. ]
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he can't help the slightly puzzled glance, though. eight. ] And are his nohecharei among them? [ though he supposes the others all have an obligation to protect their emperor, maia knows his own courtiers would be entirely scandalized by being required to. ]