[RPG] [AT][MI] Anton Anaris ~ Peace at Last

[Timothy Collett]

As Anton reads the announcement of peace with Eston, a slow smile  
turns up the corners of his mouth and he sighs deeply, sinking into  
an overstuffed armchair in his suite in the Palace.

"Bright Lady," he murmurs, "it is done."

He leans back in the chair, looking up at the ceiling, as muscles  
relax that he hadn't realized were tense...probably for most of the  
past month or more. A chuckle of pure relief washes over him. "It is  
done," he says again, a little louder. He pushes himself up out of  
the chair, and looks out the east-facing window. "We have--more or  
less--what we came for, and Eston will not trouble us again--nor will  
they underestimate us. Now, now we can turn our attention to those  
who overstep their authority, those who put themselves above their  
neighbours."

He puts his hands on the windowsill, leaning forward. Below, in the  
practice grounds, he can faintly hear the sounds of soldiers engaged  
in training drills. "No; soon we can turn our attention to them.  
Now....now is the time to hone our skills, so that we can ensure that  
those who would seek to take more than is their due cannot take it  
from us!"

A distant corner of his mind adds to him, Now is the time to begin  
training a successor...so you can return to Tarimal soon. A troubled  
look flashes briefly over his face, but he pushes it away and grabs  
his practice blade on his way down into the city.

--

"The only thing you can't trade for your heart's desire is your heart."
  ~ Miles Naismith Vorkosigan

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