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Corpus Tamrielicum - The Imperial Library

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[30.3] KING EDWARD III<br />

Moraelyn stood erect and appeared to think this over. "Can't I?" he taunted.<br />

"Edward, please..." Aliera appealed to him.<br />

"Tell me, Lord Prince, how then does one get the meat to one's table if one may not carry it. If<br />

Princes may not carry meat then certainly Kings and Queens may not, or do Princes grow out<br />

of the incapacity when they become Kings?"<br />

"<strong>The</strong>y have servants!"<br />

"Serve ants? What a clever idea. Only a human could think of that! Ants are excellent at<br />

carrying, I have noted, although I have not the trick of commanding them. Perhaps you can<br />

teach me."<br />

"Servants! Like Mats here," Edward shouted. He hated being teased. Mats and the other<br />

companions had come up, having heard their shouts over the kill.<br />

"Mats? You think I cannot make you carry deer meat, yet I could command Mats to do so?"<br />

Moraelyn stared up at the blond giant. "Well, one never knows until one tries. Mats, carry the<br />

deer."<br />

<strong>The</strong> blond scratched his head and jaw thoughtfully. "Highness, nothing would please me more<br />

but it is a large deer and my old wound is troubling my back, perhaps if you kill a smaller<br />

one."<br />

"Well, Prince, what now?"<br />

"You beat him."<br />

"At what? I can outrun him. Mats, if I reach that oak first, will you carry the deer." Mats<br />

shook his head slowly.<br />

"You beat him with a stick!" Edward yelled.<br />

"What promise you show as a Healer, my Prince. You will forgive me if I refrain from<br />

consulting you until you have further training. It is my judgement that beating with a stick<br />

will not improve Mats' back. Of course, I may be in error.<br />

"Silk, you carry the deer."<br />

"Me, milord? I am sorry, but I have just remembered that I am fourth cousin to the fifth house<br />

of Dibella, Queen of Heaven. My dignity forbids that I carry anything at all."<br />

Willow and Beech claimed that a mage had forbidden either of them from carrying any part of<br />

an animal while the moon Jone was risen.<br />

"Prince, are you truly certain about this rule? It seems to make life most inconvenient. We<br />

could bring the wood to the deer, which will take many hours and leave us benighted here.<br />

We could consume the meat raw on the spot, but I own my belly is not yet empty enough to<br />

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